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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WordMeaning
pass_offpresent falsely; represent falsely to be
enunciateto make a definite or systematic statement of
lancea steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry
xenophobiafear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
dilemmaa usually undesirable or unpleasant choice
spendthrifta person who spends improvidently or wastefully
counterpartone of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate
placeboa usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder
guiledeceitful cunning : duplicity
demurereserved