GRE Word List
ABORTIVE
prematurely born
The meaning of the word abortive is prematurely born.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| servile | of or befitting a menial position |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |