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 |
|---|---|
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| 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) |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| undulating | having a wavy surface, edge, or markings |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |