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 |
|---|---|
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| alleviate | relieve |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| inclusive | broad in orientation or scope |
| courier | messenger |