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 |
|---|---|
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| forebears | ancestor |
| sartorial | of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |