GRE Word List
ABORTIVE
prematurely born
The meaning of the word abortive is prematurely born.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| cog | a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |