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 |
|---|---|
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |