GRE Word List
ABORTIVE
prematurely born
The meaning of the word abortive is prematurely born.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| browbeat | to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |