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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negligibleso small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling
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mimicryan instance of mimicking
grouseany of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds
acutecharacterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset
bravadoblustering swaggering conduct
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
energizeto make energetic, vigorous, or active
impoverishto make poor
rigorharsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity