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 |
|---|---|
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| haggard | not tamed |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |