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 |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| hardy | bold |
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |