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 |
|---|---|
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |