GRE Word List

ABSTRACT

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The meaning of the word abstract is disassociated from any specific instance.

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WordMeaning
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
analgesiainsensibility to pain without loss of consciousness
pariaha member of a low caste of southern India
massthe liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist
temperamentcharacteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response
perfunctorycharacterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical
overturnto cause to turn over : upset
culpritone accused of or charged with a crime
pulsethe regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart
debunkto expose the sham (see sham