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 |
|---|---|
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| colander | a perforated utensil for washing or draining food |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| provident | frugal |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |