GRE Word List
ABORTIVE
prematurely born
The meaning of the word abortive is prematurely born.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| potentate | ruler |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |