GRE Word List
ABORTIVE
prematurely born
The meaning of the word abortive is prematurely born.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |