GRE Word List
REMISSION
temporary moderation (of disease symptoms); remitting of a debt or punishment; cancelation of a debt; pardon; Ex. The disease went into remission; Ex. Christians pray for the remission of sins.
The meaning of the word remission is temporary moderation (of disease symptoms); remitting of a debt or punishment; cancelation of a debt; pardon; Ex. The disease went into remission; Ex. Christians pray for the remission of sins..
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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choleric | hot-tempered; bad-tempered; irritable; easily angered; CF. cholera |
loiter | hang about/around; stand idly about; linger |
crone | hag; ugly old woman |
remonstrate | protest; objection; V. remonstrate: say in protest |
evince | show clearly |
psychopathic | pertaining to mental dearrangement; N. psychopath: person with an antisocial personality disorder |
vehement | forceful; intensely emotional; with marked vigor; strong; N. vehemence |
trickle | flow in drops or in a thin stream; N. |
welter | wallow (as in mud or high seas); lie soaked (as in blood); Ex. The victims weltered in their blood. |
trifling | trivial; unimportant |