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 |
|---|---|
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |
| refrain | curb |
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |