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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |