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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| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| calculated | apt |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |