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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| actuary | clerk |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| refrain | curb |
