GRE Word List
ABET
assist usually in doing something wrong; encourage
The meaning of the word abet is assist usually in doing something wrong; encourage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| promulgate | announce; proclaim a doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
| duress | forcible restraint, especially unlawfully; coercion by threat; illegal coercion; Ex. a promise made under duress |
| scapegoat | someone who bears the blame for others; whipping boy; CF. escape+goat |
| ruse | trick to deceive; stratagem |
| char | make or become black by burning; reduce or be reduced to carbon or charcoal(black substance made by burning wood) by incomplete combustion |
| devise | think up; invent; plan; bequeath; N: bequest |
| invert | turn upside down or inside out; reverse the position or condition of |
| putrescent | becoming putrid; putrefying |
| regiment | military unit; V: subject to strict order; Ex. regimented society |
| extant | (of something written or painted) still in existence |
