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 |
|---|---|
| unfrock | defrock |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |