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 |
|---|---|
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| tract | a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function |
| osseous | bony |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |