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 |
|---|---|
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| ogle | to glance with amorous invitation or challenge |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| maroon | a dark red |
| garnish | decorate |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| serenity | the quality or state of being serene |