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 |
|---|---|
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| inundate | overwhelm |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |