GRE Word List
DISENGAGE
to release from something that engages or involves
The meaning of the word disengage is to release from something that engages or involves.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
deputize | to appoint as deputy |
chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
dull | tedious |