GRE Word List
ABORTIVE
prematurely born
The meaning of the word abortive is prematurely born.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| portly | dignified |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |