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 |
|---|---|
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| rider | one that rides |