GRE Word List

ABSTRACT

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The meaning of the word abstract is disassociated from any specific instance.

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titterto laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle
irretrievablenot retrievable : impossible to regain or recover
constituencya body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position)
acmethe highest point or stage
resuscitateto revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness
quashto suppress or extinguish summarily and completely
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
plumpto drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily
exertionthe act or an instance of exerting
distortto twist (see twist