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 |
|---|---|
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |