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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| verdant | green in tint or color |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |