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 |
|---|---|
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |