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 |
|---|---|
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| trance | stupor |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| chant | to make melodic sounds with the voice |