GRE Word List
DERELICT
abandoned especially by the owner or occupant
The meaning of the word derelict is abandoned especially by the owner or occupant.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |