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 |
|---|---|
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
| imprecation | curse |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| magnate | a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |