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 |
|---|---|
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| shambles | a meat market |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| precipitant | precipitate |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |