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 |
|---|---|
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| schism | division |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |