GRE Word List
RELEGATE
to send into exile : banish
The meaning of the word relegate is to send into exile : banish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |