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 |
|---|---|
| quicksilver | mercury |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| refrain | curb |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |