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 |
|---|---|
| shambles | a meat market |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| debut | a first appearance |
| overweening | arrogant |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |