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 |
|---|---|
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |