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 |
|---|---|
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| brawny | muscular |
| furor | an angry or maniacal fit : rage |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| horde | a political subdivision of central Asian nomads |
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |