GRE Word List
RAZE
to destroy to the ground : demolish
The meaning of the word raze is to destroy to the ground : demolish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| brook | creek |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |