Question

use your knowledge of context clues, word roots, and affixes to determine the meaning of the italicized word in the passage. at first, greece was ruled by an oligarchy. the problem with this type of government is that a few individuals issue edicts, which are not agreed upon by everyone, but which everyone must follow. after a while, the oligarchy was extirpated and replaced by a democracy. oligarchy most likely means “a government of a few people”. edicts most likely means “laws ”. extirpated most likely means “ ”, destroyed revised accepted

Explanation:

In the context, oligarchy was replaced by democracy, suggesting it was removed or "destroyed". "Revised" implies modification and "accepted" is contrary to the idea of replacement, so "destroyed" is the most fitting meaning.

Answer:

Extirpated most likely means "destroyed".