GRE Word List

ABSTRACT

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WordMeaning
incantationa use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic
confluencea coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point
witherto become dry and sapless
amissin a mistaken way : wrongly
piquantengagingly provocative
irretrievablenot retrievable : impossible to regain or recover
loungeto act or move idly or lazily : loaf
asceticpracticing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline
plumagethe feathers of a bird
fluxa flowing of fluid from the body: such as