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 |
|---|---|
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |