GRE Word List
ABNEGATION
denial
The meaning of the word abnegation is denial.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| clime | climate |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| constituency | a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |