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 |
|---|---|
| pedagogue | teacher |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| crust | the hardened exterior or surface part of bread |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| slake | subside |
