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
articulateexpressing oneself readily, clearly, and effectively
progenydescendants
shrewdmarked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen
manneredhaving manners of a specified kind
pathetichaving a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity
latitudeangular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as
cosmicof or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone
bombastpretentious inflated speech or writing
arbitraryexisting or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will
schematicof or relating to a scheme or schema