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 |
|---|---|
| franchise | the right or license granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services in a particular territory |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |