GRE Word List
ABORTIVE
prematurely born
The meaning of the word abortive is prematurely born.
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|---|---|
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
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| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
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| affirmation | the act of affirming |