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

WordMeaning
anthropoidany of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets)
blusterto talk or act with noisy swaggering threats
bridlethe headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit
fakenot true, real, or genuine : counterfeit
emollientmaking soft or supple
recipientone that receives : receiver
surfeitan overabundant supply : excess
palettea thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on
ambivalencesimultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action
whitthe smallest part or particle imaginable : bit