GRE Word List
REBATE
to reduce the force or activity of : diminish
The meaning of the word rebate is to reduce the force or activity of : diminish.
Random words
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waif | a stray person or animal |
sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |
paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |