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 |
|---|---|
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |