GRE Word List
EXTENUATE
to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate
The meaning of the word extenuate is to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |