GRE Word List

REFRAIN

curb

The meaning of the word refrain is curb.

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WordMeaning
discreteconstituting a separate entity : individually distinct
hyperboleextravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones")
promptto move to action : incite
congruencethe quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent
drasticacting rapidly or violently
labilereadily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable
incarnateinvested with bodily and especially human nature and form
intuitionthe power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference
chaffingthe seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain
detachedstanding by itself : separate