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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WordMeaning
machinationsan act of machinating
hinterlandsa region lying inland from a coast
stolidhaving or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional
savorthe taste or smell of something
nutritiousnourishing
recalcitrantobstinately defiant of authority or restraint
vetoan authoritative prohibition : interdiction
ethnicof or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background
pestlea usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration
wantonmerciless