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 |
|---|---|
| rift | fissure |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| pharisee | a 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 |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| congruent | congruous |
| finicky | extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards |