GRE Word List
ALIENATE
to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed
The meaning of the word alienate is to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abnegation | denial |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
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