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 |
|---|---|
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |