GRE Word List
ABORTIVE
prematurely born
The meaning of the word abortive is prematurely born.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| determinate | having defined limits |
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| 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 |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| circlet | a little circle |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| application | an act of applying: |
