GRE Word List
NEGLIGENCE
neglect; failure to take reasonable care; ADJ. negligent: neglectful; lax; not taking enough care
The meaning of the word negligence is neglect; failure to take reasonable care; ADJ. negligent: neglectful; lax; not taking enough care.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rendition | rendering; translation; artistic interpretation of a song, etc |
| moribund | dying; at the point of death; CF. death |
| hallucination | delusion; false idea; false perception of objects with a compelling sense of their reality; objects so perceived; V. hallucinate; ADJ. hallucinatory |
| partition | divide into parts |
| disinterested | unprejudiced; free from bias and self-interest; objective |
| fluctuate | waver; shift; rise and fall as if in waves; change or vary irregularly |
| hortatory | encouraging; exhortive; marked by exhortation; CF. exhort |
| infringe | violate (a law); encroach (the right of another person) |
| high-flown | highly pretentious or inflated |
| irretrievable | impossible to recover or regain; CF. retrieve |
