GRE Word List
ABNEGATION
denial
The meaning of the word abnegation is denial.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| fabricate | invent |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |