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 |
|---|---|
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |