GRE Vocabulary Flashcards
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abate | to lessen to subside |
abdication | giving up control authority |
aberration | straying away from what is normal |
abet | help/encourage smb (in doing wrong) |
abeyance | suspended action |
abhor | to hate to detest |
abide | be faithful to endure |
abjure | promise or swear to give up |
abraded | rubbed off worn away by friction |
abrogate | repeal or annul by authority |
abscond | to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest) |
abstruse | difficult to comprehend obscure |
abut | border on |
abysmal | bottomless extreme |
acarpous | effete no longer fertile worn out |
acclaimed | welcomed with shouts and approval |
accolade | praise approval |
accretion | the growing of separate things into one |
accrue | accumulate |
adamant | kind of stone inflexible |
admonitory | containing warning |
adorn | add beauty decorate |
adulteration | making unpure poorer in quality |
affable | polite and friendly |
affinity | close connection relationship |
aggravate | make worse irritate |
agile | active quick-moving |
agog | eager/excited |
ail | trouble be ill |
alacrity | eager and cheerful readiness |
alcove | recess/partially enclosed place |
ale | fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer |
aleck | one who considers himself smarter than others |
allegiance | duty support loyalty |
alleviate | make (pain) easier to bear |
alloy | to debase by mixing with something inferior |
aloof | reserved indifferent |
amalgamate | mix combine unite societies |
ambidextrous | able to use the left hand or the right equally well |
ambiguous | doubtful uncertain |
ambivalent | having both of two contrary meanings |
ambrosial | extremely pleasing to taste |
ameliorate | improve make better |
amortize | end (a debt) by setting aside money |
anguish | severe suffering |
animosity | strong dislike |
antidote | medicine used against a poison or a disease |
antithetical | direct opposing |
apartheid | brutal racial discrimination |
aplomb | self-confidence |
apostate | one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions |
apotheosis | deification glorification to godliness |
appease | make quiet or calm |
apprehensive | grasping understanding fear unhappy feeling about future |
apprise | give notice to inform |
approbation | approval |
apropos | appropriate to the situation apt |
apt | well-suited quick-witted |
arabesque | a complex ornate design |
arboreal | of connected with trees |
ardor | enthusiasm |
arduous | steep difficult ascent laborious |
argot | jargon slang |
arrant | in the highest degree |
arrogance | proud superior manner of behaviour |
articulate | speak distinctly connect by joints |
ascend | go or come up |
ascertain | get to know |
ascetic | practicing self-denial austere stark |
ascribe | consider to be the origin of or belonging to |
aseptic | surgically clean |
asperity | roughness harshness ill temper irritability |
aspersion | slander |
assail | with attack violently |
assiduous | diligent hard-working sedulous |
assuage | make something (pain desire) less |
asterisk | the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters) |
astringent | substance that shrinks |
astute | clever quick at seeing to get an advantage |
atonement | repayment death of Jesus |
attenuate | make thin. weaken enervate |
attune | bring into harmony |
audacious | daring foolishly bold impudent |
augury | omen sign |
august | majestic venerable |
auspicious | favorable successful prosperous |
austere | severely moral and strict simple and plain |
auxiliary | helping supporting |
aver | affirm assert prove justify |
aversion | strong dislike |
avid | eager greedy |
avow | admit. Declare openly |
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