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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
| hazard | a source of danger |
| sadistic | of, relating to, or characterized by sadism |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| insurrection | an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |