GRE Word List
RELENT
to become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity
The meaning of the word relent is to become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| dominate | rule |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |