GRE Word List
ABSTEMIOUS
sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
The meaning of the word abstemious is sparing in eating and drinking; temperate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| noisome | foul smelling; very unpleasant; unwholesome |
| ebb | (of the tide) recede; lessen; diminish; N. OP. flow: rise of tide |
| vying | contending; CF. vie |
| herald | messenger; sign of something to come; V: announce; proclaim; Ex. unheralded researcher |
| parish | area in the care of a single priest and served by one main church |
| duplicity | double-dealing; hypocrisy; being dishonest and deceitful; ADJ. duplicitous |
| gloat | express evil satisfaction; look at or think about with evil satisfaction; view malevolently; Ex. The thief gloated over the stolen jewels. |
| comestible | something fit to be eaten |
| minutiae | petty or trivial details; CF. minutia |
| canny | shrewd in money matters; thrifty |