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

WordMeaning
meditationa discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation
odiousarousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful
suffuseto spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush
sundryincluding many things of different kinds : miscellaneous
orthodoxconforming to established doctrine especially in religion
burgeonto send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout
wadeto step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air
indulgeto yield to the desire of : humor
startto move suddenly and violently : spring
nauseouscausing nausea or disgust : nauseating