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 |
|---|---|
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| factotum | a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |