GRE Word List

ABSTRACT

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The meaning of the word abstract is disassociated from any specific instance.

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WordMeaning
barragea dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation
ebbthe reflux of the tide toward the sea
sheatheto put into or furnish with a sheath
vixena female fox
oddsthe probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances
careera profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling
malevolenthaving, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
figurativerepresenting by a figure or resemblance : emblematic
appeasepacify
exasperateto cause irritation or annoyance to