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 |
|---|---|
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| thespian | actor |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| cue | the letter q |
| conformist | one who conforms : a person who behaves in accordance with prevailing standards or customs and typically dislikes or avoids unconventional behavior |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |