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

WordMeaning
formidablecausing fear, dread, or apprehension
edifyto instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift
nethersituated down or below : lower
lanknot well filled out : slender
annexto attach as a quality, consequence, or condition
nursea person who cares for the sick or infirm
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
grouseany of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds
presentimenta feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition
randoma haphazard course