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 |
|---|---|
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |