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 |
|---|---|
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |