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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| inclined | having inclination, disposition, or tendency |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |