GRE Word List
ABORTIVE
prematurely born
The meaning of the word abortive is prematurely born.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| 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 |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |