Friday, March 16, 2007

Words from abj to abr

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abject
(of a condition) wretched; as low as possible; lacking pride; very humble; showing lack of self-respect; Ex. abject apology
abject meaning very low in spirit or hope
example People saw in him an abject coward

abjure
renounce upon oath
example For nearly 21 years after his resignation as Prime Minister, he abjured his titles, preferring to remain just plain ‘Mr.Someone’

ablution
washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of a religious rite

abnegation
renunciation; self sacrifice; self abnegation, Self denial
example to be preist in temple, abnegation is way of life

abolish
cancel; put an end to
easy

abominate
loathe; hate
synonym abhor

abominable
detestable; extremely unpleasant
same like abominate

aboriginal
being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native; indigenous; N. aborigine
example The early settlers learned a lot from the aboriginal cultures

abortive
unsuccessful; fruitless
easy

abrasive
rubbing away; tending to grind down
example Eraser has limited lifespan due to abasive surface

3 comments:

yogita said...

hey i want to join u ,can u help me for it

Unknown said...

Dear friend,
The words mentioned in your world list is so common that most of stuedents pereparing for the GRE go through these words in their first attempt and therefore it is of no use to those who wants to make their vocabulary more stronger.

Improvise it.

Rajesh

Anonymous said...

hiii i am sailaja i am writing GRE on oct i am preparing vocabulary from u'r site its nice but all the words r not there i dint find all the words just some words i find only on A- vocabulary i saw plz send all the vocabulary
can u help me about GRE as ee guide ????