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 |
|---|---|
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| elevation | the height to which something is elevated: such as |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |