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 |
|---|---|
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| misadventure | misfortune |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |