GRE Word List
ABORTIVE
prematurely born
The meaning of the word abortive is prematurely born.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| ichthyology | a branch of zoology that deals with fishes |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |