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 |
|---|---|
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| rent | property (such as a house) rented or for rent |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |