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 |
|---|---|
| liability | the quality or state of being liable |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| cursive | running |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |