GRE Word List
ABORTIVE
prematurely born
The meaning of the word abortive is prematurely born.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expound | to set forth : state |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| wrench | to move with a violent twist |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| annuity | a sum of money payable yearly or at other regular intervals |