GRE Word List

TRANSGRESSION

an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as

The meaning of the word transgression is an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as.

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WordMeaning
scavengeto remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area
schematicof or relating to a scheme or schema
stealtha cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection
dinghya small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat
abridgeto shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
studiedcarefully considered or prepared : thoughtful
drivelnonsense
figmentsomething made up or contrived
deifyto make a god of