GRE Word List
ABSCISSION
the act or process of cutting off : removal
The meaning of the word abscission is the act or process of cutting off : removal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| shambles | a meat market |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |