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 |
|---|---|
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| fester | to generate pus |