GRE Word List
ABATE
to decrease in force or intensity
The meaning of the word abate is to decrease in force or intensity.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
---|---|
overweening | arrogant |
feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
meddlesome | given to meddling |
eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |