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 |
|---|---|
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| chant | to make melodic sounds with the voice |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |