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 |
|---|---|
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| plait | pleat |
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |