GRE Word List
ABSTINENCE
the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable
The meaning of the word abstinence is the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| limp | to walk lamely |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |