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 |
|---|---|
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |