GRE Word List
ABODE
the place where one lives : home
The meaning of the word abode is the place where one lives : home.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| pitfall | trap |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| sentinel | sentry |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |