GRE Word List
DERELICTION
an intentional abandonment
The meaning of the word dereliction is an intentional abandonment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| limp | to walk lamely |
| opus | work |