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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serendipitythe faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for
officiousvolunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
cerebralof or relating to the brain or the intellect
gullany of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae)
infirmitythe quality or state of being infirm
decorumliterary and dramatic propriety : fitness
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
tundraa level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs
whorla drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle
devoidbeing without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment