GRE Word List
RELINQUISH
to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind
The meaning of the word relinquish is to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| equine | of, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family |
| schematic | of or relating to a scheme or schema |
| horticultural | the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants |
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| choreography | the art of symbolically representing dancing |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |