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 |
|---|---|
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| marshal | a high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |