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.

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alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
decompositionto separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds
recurrentrunning or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course
bastiona projecting part of a fortification
hardybold
drudgeto do hard, menial, or monotonous work
circumventto manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem
sapthe fluid part of a plant
inveigleto win over by wiles : entice
dominantcommanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others