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 |
|---|---|
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| prattle | prate |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |