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 |
|---|---|
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| ploy | escapade |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |