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 |
|---|---|
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |