GRE Word List
DERELICTION
an intentional abandonment
The meaning of the word dereliction is an intentional abandonment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |