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 |
|---|---|
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| apprehend | arrest |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| brook | creek |
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| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |