GRE Word List
DERELICTION
an intentional abandonment
The meaning of the word dereliction is an intentional abandonment.
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|---|---|
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| provident | frugal |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| sonic | utilizing, produced by, or relating to sound waves |
| lampoon | satire |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| colloquy | conversation |