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 |
|---|---|
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| edifice | building |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| repercussion | reflection |