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 |
|---|---|
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| enhance | heighten |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |