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 |
|---|---|
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| ichthyology | a branch of zoology that deals with fishes |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |