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 |
|---|---|
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| trance | stupor |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| fancier | one that has a special liking or interest |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |