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 |
|---|---|
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| fervent | very hot : glowing |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |