GRE Word List
DISPATCH
to send off or away with promptness or speed
The meaning of the word dispatch is to send off or away with promptness or speed.
Random words
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placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
dyspeptic | indigestion |
traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
outrage | an act of violence or brutality |
slacken | to make less active : slow up |
altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |