GRE Word List
ABSTRACT
disassociated from any specific instance
The meaning of the word abstract is disassociated from any specific instance.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| hortatory | hortative |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |