GRE Word List
ABORTIVE
prematurely born
The meaning of the word abortive is prematurely born.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| championship | designation as champion |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |