GRE Word List
ABSTEMIOUS
marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol
The meaning of the word abstemious is marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| juncture | a point of time |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| alimentary | of or relating to nourishment or nutrition |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |