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 |
|---|---|
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |