GRE Word List

REMISS

negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless

The meaning of the word remiss is negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless.

Random words

WordMeaning
anathemasomeone or something intensely disliked or loathed
abnegationdenial
purveyorone that purveys
navigabledeep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships
parallelextending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant
expansivehaving a capacity or a tendency to expand
egothe self especially as contrasted with another self or the world
odiousarousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful
mimicryan instance of mimicking
oratorioa lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery