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 |
|---|---|
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
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| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| lode | waterway |
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| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| sheer | unqualified |