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 |
|---|---|
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |