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 |
|---|---|
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| clientele | a body of clients |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |