GRE Word List
ABSCOND
to depart secretly and hide oneself
The meaning of the word abscond is to depart secretly and hide oneself.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| trance | stupor |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| peerless | matchless |
| retract | to draw back or in |