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 |
|---|---|
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |