GRE Word List
ABORTIVE
prematurely born
The meaning of the word abortive is prematurely born.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| 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 |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |