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 |
|---|---|
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| brag | a pompous or boastful statement |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| galaxy | milky way galaxy |
| minuscule | very small |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |