GRE Word List
ABORTIVE
prematurely born
The meaning of the word abortive is prematurely born.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| scotch | scottish |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| invective | insulting or abusive language : vituperation |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
| crestfallen | having a drooping crest or hanging head |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |