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 |
|---|---|
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| concoct | to prepare by combining raw materials |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |