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 |
|---|---|
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| pilfer | steal |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |