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

WordMeaning
tumultdisorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion
psychosisa serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions
casualsubject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance
tardymoving slowly : sluggish
roseateresembling a rose especially in color
opaqueblocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity
negligibleso small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling
nadirthe point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer
marrowbone marrow
maneuvera military or naval movement