GRE Word List

REFRAIN

curb

The meaning of the word refrain is curb.

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WordMeaning
antiqueexisting since or belonging to earlier times : ancient
complicityassociation or participation in or as if in a wrongful act
reconditedifficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep
septicof, relating to, or causing putrefaction
engagedinvolved in activity : occupied
sordidmarked by baseness or grossness : vile
stanzaa division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe
incubusan evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep
retroactiveextending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past
depleteto empty of a principal substance