GRE Word List
ABOMINATE
to hate or loathe intensely : abhor
The meaning of the word abominate is to hate or loathe intensely : abhor.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impoverish | to make poor |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |