GRE Word List

REFRAIN

curb

The meaning of the word refrain is curb.

Random words

WordMeaning
cantankerousdifficult or irritating to deal with
importunatetroublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand
importto bring from a foreign or external source: such as
vantagea position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view
abstainto choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice
slovenlyuntidy especially in personal appearance
dregssediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate
hieroglyphicwritten in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters
subsideto sink or fall to the bottom : settle
scavengeto remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area