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 |
|---|---|
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| noisome | noxious |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| score | twenty |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |