GRE Word List
DERELICTION
an intentional abandonment
The meaning of the word dereliction is an intentional abandonment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| brazen | made of brass |