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 |
|---|---|
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| desiccate | to dry up |