GRE Word List

ABSOLVE

to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt

The meaning of the word absolve is to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt.

Random words

WordMeaning
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
functionaryone who serves in a certain function
construeto analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part)
homilya usually short sermon
banea source of harm or ruin : curse
explicitfully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent
plenitudethe quality or state of being full : completeness
rendto remove from place by violence : wrest
nauseouscausing nausea or disgust : nauseating
derivationthe formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix)