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 |
|---|---|
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| succor | relief |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |