GRE Word List
DERELICTION
an intentional abandonment
The meaning of the word dereliction is an intentional abandonment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| occident | west |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
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| drama | a composition (see composition |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
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