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 |
|---|---|
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |