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 |
|---|---|
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| mischance | bad luck |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| cohorts | companion |
| invective | insulting or abusive language : vituperation |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |