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 |
|---|---|
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| statutory | of or relating to statutes |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |