GRE Word List
ABORTIVE
prematurely born
The meaning of the word abortive is prematurely born.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| calligraphy | artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering |
| contrive | devise |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |