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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philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
psychic | of or relating to the psyche : psychogenic |
licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
parochial | of or relating to a church parish |