GRE Word List
DERELICTION
an intentional abandonment
The meaning of the word dereliction is an intentional abandonment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| fuddle | booze |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |