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.
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venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
obstetrician | a physician specializing in obstetrics |
incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
whimsy | whim |
apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
distant | separated in space : away |
crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |