GRE Word List
ADVENT
the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
The meaning of the word advent is the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| feint | something feigned |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |