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 |
|---|---|
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| overweening | arrogant |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |