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 |
|---|---|
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| resurge | to undergo a resurgence |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |