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 |
|---|---|
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| foray | a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |