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 |
|---|---|
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |