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 |
|---|---|
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| naivete | a naive remark or action |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |