GRE Word List
RAZE
to destroy to the ground : demolish
The meaning of the word raze is to destroy to the ground : demolish.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |