GRE Word List
ABNEGATION
denial
The meaning of the word abnegation is denial.
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repertoire | a list or supply of dramas, operas, pieces, or parts that a company or person is prepared to perform |
compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
blanch | to take the color out of |
chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
precipitous | precipitate |
suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |