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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
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| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
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