GRE Word List
ABET
to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan)
The meaning of the word abet is to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| shove | to push along |
| vertebrate | any 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 |
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| din | a loud continued noise |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |