GRE Word List
REMIT
to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly
The meaning of the word remit is to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| nautical | of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships |
| conflagration | fire |
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |