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 |
|---|---|
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| conscientious | meticulous |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| diva | prima donna |
| complement | something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect |
| forego | to go before : precede |