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 |
|---|---|
| yen | a strong desire or propensity |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| obnoxious | odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |