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 |
|---|---|
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| apprehend | arrest |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| demerit | offense |