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 |
|---|---|
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| ramification | branch |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |