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 |
|---|---|
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| acclaim | applaud |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |