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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standstilla state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop
nethersituated down or below : lower
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venturesomeinclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring
shadecomparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light
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shootto eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger)
preternaturalexisting outside of nature