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 |
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| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| refrain | curb |
| actuary | clerk |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |