GRE Word List
DERELICTION
an intentional abandonment
The meaning of the word dereliction is an intentional abandonment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| delineate | to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| potentate | ruler |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |