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 |
|---|---|
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| natal | native |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| hortatory | hortative |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |