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 |
|---|---|
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| repartee | a quick and witty reply |
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| conformist | one who conforms : a person who behaves in accordance with prevailing standards or customs and typically dislikes or avoids unconventional behavior |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| advert | to turn the mind or attention |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| modish | fashionable |