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 |
|---|---|
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
| alimentary | of or relating to nourishment or nutrition |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |