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 |
|---|---|
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| slew | a large number |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| prank | trick |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |