GRE Word List
REFRAIN
curb
The meaning of the word refrain is curb.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| approbation | commendation |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| ventriloquist | one who uses or is skilled in ventriloquism |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |