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 |
|---|---|
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| errant | behaving wrongly |