GRE Word List
ABODE
dwelling place; home
The meaning of the word abode is dwelling place; home.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| volatile | changeable; of a quickly changing nature (as of temper); mercurial; tending to violence; evaporating rapidly; Ex. volatile character/situation in the street |
| perpetrate | commit an offense; do (something wrong) |
| primal | first in rank or importance; being first in time; original; Ex. man's primal innocence |
| incarnation | act of assuming a human body and human nature; one who personifies something; personification; Ex. previous incarnation/reincarnation |
| virulent | (of a disease or poison) extremely harmful or poisonous; (of a feeling) hostile; bitter; N. virulence; CF. virus; CF. venom |
| dissolution | disintegration; reduction to a liquid form; looseness in morals; sensual indulgence; debauchery; ADJ. dissolute: lacking in moral restraint; leading an immoral life |
| rotund | (of a person) fat and round |
| blunt | having a dull edge; abrupt and frank in speech or manner; brusque; V: make or become blunt |
| aberrant | abnormal or deviant |
| abolish | cancel; put an end to |
