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 |
|---|---|
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |