GRE Word List
ABYSS
an immeasurably deep gulf or great space
The meaning of the word abyss is an immeasurably deep gulf or great space.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |