GRE Word List
ABORTIVE
prematurely born
The meaning of the word abortive is prematurely born.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |