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 |
|---|---|
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
| dingy | dirty |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |