GRE Word List

ABORTIVE

prematurely born

The meaning of the word abortive is prematurely born.

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conducivetending to promote or assist
discomfitto put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert
choiran organized company of singers (as in a church service)
relegateto send into exile : banish
torpora state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
sheafa quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together
high-flownexceedingly or excessively high or favorable
diversionthe act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation
rambleto move aimlessly from place to place
amoralhaving or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong