GRE Word List

DERELICTION

an intentional abandonment

The meaning of the word dereliction is an intentional abandonment.

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WordMeaning
acknowledgeto recognize the rights, authority, or status of
sustainto give support or relief to
inanimatenot animate:
cleaveto adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly
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hieroglyphicwritten in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters
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snuffleto snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly
hinterlandsa region lying inland from a coast
exemplarydeserving imitation : commendable