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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WordMeaning
prodigiouscausing amazement or wonder
exactto call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
solemnityformal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event
metaphora 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)
apocryphalof doubtful authenticity : spurious
undulatinghaving a wavy surface, edge, or markings
discretionindividual choice or judgment
eclipticof or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse
sententiousgiven to or abounding in aphoristic expression
remissionthe act or process of remitting