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 |
|---|---|
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |