GRE Word List

ABODE

the place where one lives : home

The meaning of the word abode is the place where one lives : home.

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impertinentgiven to or characterized by insolent rudeness
choiran organized company of singers (as in a church service)
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forda shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
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usurpto seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right
effectualproducing or able to produce a desired effect
bifurcateddivided into two branches or parts
mercurialof, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury