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

WordMeaning
germanebeing at once relevant and appropriate : fitting
carousala wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse
temperheat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion
idioman expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way)
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subsistencereal being : existence
grislyinspiring horror or intense fear
integralessential to completeness : constituent
egregiousconspicuous
prototypean original model on which something is patterned : archetype