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 |
|---|---|
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
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| feline | of, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family |
| avow | to declare assuredly |