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 |
|---|---|
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| mischance | bad luck |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |