GRE Word List
ABORTIVE
prematurely born
The meaning of the word abortive is prematurely born.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| doddering | feeble |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| debut | a first appearance |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |