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 |
|---|---|
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| polity | political organization |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
| ample | generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |