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 |
|---|---|
| swipe | a strong sweeping blow |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| skimp | skimpy |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| serenity | the quality or state of being serene |