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 |
|---|---|
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| toss | to throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |