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 |
|---|---|
| verdant | green in tint or color |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |