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 |
|---|---|
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |