GRE Word List
EXEMPT
free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject
The meaning of the word exempt is free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| pilfer | steal |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |