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 |
|---|---|
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| veracious | truthful |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| impediment | something that impedes |