GRE Word List
ABEYANCE
a state of temporary inactivity : suspension
The meaning of the word abeyance is a state of temporary inactivity : suspension.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| faculty | ability |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |