GRE Word List
REHABILITATE
to restore to a former capacity : reinstate
The meaning of the word rehabilitate is to restore to a former capacity : reinstate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |