GRE Word List
ASCETIC
practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline
The meaning of the word ascetic is practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |