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 |
|---|---|
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| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
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| geniality | marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness |