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 |
|---|---|
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| natal | native |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| conformity | correspondence in form, manner, or character : agreement |
| unkempt | not combed |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |