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 |
|---|---|
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| anonymity | the quality or state of being anonymous |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| concordat | compact |