GRE Word List
DISMISS
to permit or cause to leave
The meaning of the word dismiss is to permit or cause to leave.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| protocol | an original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |