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 |
|---|---|
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| brazen | made of brass |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| immutable | not capable of or susceptible to change |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| brawny | muscular |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |