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 |
|---|---|
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| rider | one that rides |
| dapper | neat and trim in appearance |