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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
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| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| foray | a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid |
| retract | to draw back or in |