GRE Word List
DISMISS
to permit or cause to leave
The meaning of the word dismiss is to permit or cause to leave.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| nutritious | nourishing |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |