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 |
|---|---|
| ploy | escapade |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| robust | having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health |