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 |
|---|---|
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| fell | skin |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| sidereal | of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |