GRE Word List
DERELICTION
an intentional abandonment
The meaning of the word dereliction is an intentional abandonment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| gnome | maxim |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| clime | climate |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
