GRE Word List
DERELICTION
an intentional abandonment
The meaning of the word dereliction is an intentional abandonment.
Random words
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extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
enrapture | to fill with delight |
anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
manumit | to release from slavery |
ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
scrappy | consisting of scraps |
imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |