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 |
|---|---|
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| tint | a usually slight or pale coloration : hue |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |