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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |