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 |
|---|---|
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| categorical | absolute |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |