GRE Word List
ABIDE
to bear patiently : tolerate
The meaning of the word abide is to bear patiently : tolerate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| 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) |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |