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 |
|---|---|
| hurl | rush |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| clip | encompass |
| contagion | a contagious disease |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |