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 |
|---|---|
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| vixen | a female fox |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| appease | pacify |
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |