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 |
|---|---|
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |