GRE Word List

REFRAIN

curb

The meaning of the word refrain is curb.

Random words

WordMeaning
toadyone who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant
fosterhaving, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for
shunto avoid deliberately and especially habitually
latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
occludeto close up or block off : obstruct
capillaryresembling a hair especially in slender elongated form
integralessential to completeness : constituent
chauvinistan attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex
resuscitateto revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness
pharisaicalmarked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness