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 |
|---|---|
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| repartee | a quick and witty reply |
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
| boor | peasant |
