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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
