GRE Word List
ABUT
to border on : to touch along an edge
The meaning of the word abut is to border on : to touch along an edge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| comestible | edible |