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 |
|---|---|
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |