GRE Word List
ABOLISH
cancel; put an end to
The meaning of the word abolish is cancel; put an end to.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| riveting | holding one's attention; absorbing; engrossing |
| choleric | hot-tempered; bad-tempered; irritable; easily angered; CF. cholera |
| expatiate | talk at length; speak or write in detail |
| droop | bend or hang downward; become weakened; Ex. His shoulders drooped with tiredness; N. |
| chastise | punish as by beating; criticize severely |
| forward | presumptuous or bold |
| pedagogy | teaching; art of education |
| myopic | nearsighted; lacking foresight; N. myopia |
| pedestrian | ordinary; dull; unimaginative(lacking in imagination); going on foot; Ex. pedestrian prose; N. |
| gerrymander | change voting district lines in order to favor a political party; N. CF. Elbridge Gerry + (sala)mander |
