GRE Word List

ABSTRACT

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

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WordMeaning
riftfissure
decreean order usually having the force of law
curtailto make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part
beneficiarya person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
bugabooan imaginary object of fear
philologythe study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature
compromisesettlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
congruentcongruous
finickyextremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards