GRE Word List
REFRAIN
curb
The meaning of the word refrain is curb.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| politic | political |