GRE Word List

REMISSION

the act or process of remitting

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

Random words

WordMeaning
preternaturalexisting outside of nature
adverseacting against or in a contrary direction : hostile
zesta piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring
pithyconsisting of or abounding in pith
ingenuea naive girl or young woman
outcastone that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah
knitto form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
hostilitydeep-seated usually mutual ill will
castigationto subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism