GRE Word List
ABEYANCE
a state of temporary inactivity : suspension
The meaning of the word abeyance is a state of temporary inactivity : suspension.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| tramp | to walk, tread, or step especially heavily |
| meander | a winding path or course |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |