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 |
|---|---|
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| marrow | bone marrow |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |