GRE Word List
WAIVE
to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily
The meaning of the word waive is to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |