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 |
|---|---|
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |