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 |
|---|---|
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| antecede | precede |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |