GRE Word List
REFRAIN
curb
The meaning of the word refrain is curb.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |