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

WordMeaning
abhorto regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe
intimatemarked by a warm friendship developing through long association
forerunnerone that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as
veneera thin sheet of a material: such as
implicationsomething implied: such as
cronea cruel or ugly old woman
assertto state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively
drawto cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull
laceto draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets
eclipticof or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse