GRE Word List
DISAVOWAL
to deny responsibility for : repudiate
The meaning of the word disavowal is to deny responsibility for : repudiate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| 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) |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |