GRE Word List
ABSTAIN
to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice
The meaning of the word abstain is to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |