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 |
|---|---|
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| nomenclature | name |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |