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 |
|---|---|
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| reaper | one that reaps |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |