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 |
|---|---|
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| minuscule | very small |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| ejaculation | an act of ejaculating |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| forlorn | bereft |