GRE Word List
ABATE
to decrease in force or intensity
The meaning of the word abate is to decrease in force or intensity.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |