GRE Word List
ABDICATE
renounce; give up (position, right, or responsibility)
The meaning of the word abdicate is renounce; give up (position, right, or responsibility).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| leonine | like a lion |
| perspicacious | (of someone) having insight; penetrating; astute |
| altruistic | unselfishly generous; concerned for others; N. altiruism: unselfish concern for the welfare of others; unselfishness; OP. egoism |
| validate | make valid; confirm; ratify |
| garnish | decorate; add a garnish to; decorate (food or drink) with small items such as lemon slices; N. |
| tenacious | holding fast (as to a belief); persistent |
| harbinger | forerunner (which foreshadows what is to come) |
| rustle | make slight sounds like silk moving or being rubbed together |
| valedictory | pertaining to farewell; N: farewell address (esp. at graduation exercises) |
| forge | counterfeit; reproduce fraudulently; form by heating in a forge and hammering into shape; move with a sudden increase of speed or power; Ex. forged ahead in the last two years; N: furnace where metals are heated |
