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 |
|---|---|
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |