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 |
|---|---|
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| ignite | to set afire |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |