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 |
|---|---|
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| compelling | that compels: such as |
| hortatory | hortative |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |