GRE Word List
ABATE
to decrease in force or intensity
The meaning of the word abate is to decrease in force or intensity.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |