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 |
|---|---|
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| lubricate | to make smooth or slippery |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| lampoon | satire |