GRE Word List
DERELICTION
an intentional abandonment
The meaning of the word dereliction is an intentional abandonment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| addle | rotten |
| fervent | very hot : glowing |
| debut | a first appearance |
| hurl | rush |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |