GRE Word List
ABSCISSION
cutting off; separation
The meaning of the word abscission is cutting off; separation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flit | fly; fly or move lightly or quickly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by; Ex. a bee flitting from flower to flower |
| confidant | trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret) |
| proviso | stipulation; condition in an agreement; provision |
| refrain | abstain from; resist; forbear; N: chorus |
| colossal | huge |
| exude | flow out slowly; discharge (gradually); give forth; N. exudation |
| therapeutic | curative; N. therapy |
| obtrude | push (oneself or one's ideas) forward or intrude; impose (oneself or one's ideas) on others; butt in; stick out or extrude; thrust out; Ex. obtrude A on B; ADJ. obtrusive; N. obtrusion; CF. unobtrusive |
| whit | small amount; smallest speck; Ex. not a whit of |
| hostage | person who is kept as a prisoner by an enemy so that the other side will do what the enemy demands |
