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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WordMeaning
desperadoa bold or violent criminal
venerateto regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
miscreantunbelieving
imperialof, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor
bromidea binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives
ripto tear or split apart or open
citeto call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court)
affectedartificial; pretended
contentiona point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument