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 |
|---|---|
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| embark | to go on board a vehicle for transportation |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |