GRE Word List
RESIGNATION
an act or instance of resigning something : surrender
The meaning of the word resignation is an act or instance of resigning something : surrender.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
---|---|
bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
occult | to shut off from view or exposure : cover |
wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |