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 |
|---|---|
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| scenario | an outline or synopsis of a play |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |