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 |
|---|---|
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |