GRE Word List

REMISSION

the act or process of remitting

The meaning of the word remission is the act or process of remitting.

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WordMeaning
slothdisinclination to action or labor : indolence
compatiblecapable of existing together in harmony
ineluctablenot to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable
reserveto hold in reserve : keep back
grudgeto be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully
subliminalinadequate to produce a sensation or a perception
circumlocutionthe use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
decrepitudethe quality or state of being decrepit
waifa stray person or animal