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 |
|---|---|
| vent | to provide with a vent |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| appease | pacify |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |