GRE Word List
DERELICTION
an intentional abandonment
The meaning of the word dereliction is an intentional abandonment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |