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.

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WordMeaning
hortatoryhortative
cresta showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration
pell-mellin mingled confusion or disorder
proliferateto grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring
pivotalof, relating to, or constituting a pivot
gorycovered with gore : bloodstained
knacka special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach
zanyvery eccentric (see eccentric
jibeto be in accord : agree
oracularresembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery)