GRE Word List
ABASH
to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert
The meaning of the word abash is to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| medium | something in a middle position |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| chant | to make melodic sounds with the voice |