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 |
|---|---|
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| reckon | count |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |