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 |
|---|---|
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| pilfer | steal |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| maroon | a dark red |
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| circuit | a usually circular line encompassing an area |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |