GRE Word List
ABORTIVE
prematurely born
The meaning of the word abortive is prematurely born.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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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 |