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 |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| neologism | a new word, usage, or expression |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |