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 |
|---|---|
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| prong | fork |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |