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 |
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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 |