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 |
|---|---|
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| drip | to let fall in drops |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |