GRE Word List
QUASH
to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely
The meaning of the word quash is to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| debut | a first appearance |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| crass | gross |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |