GRE Vocabulary A1
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- abeyance
- Suspended action.
- abut
- To border on.
- abraded
- Rubbed off, worn away by friction.
- abrogate
- To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
- abscond
- To leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution.
- abstruse
- Difficult to comprehend, obscure.
- abjure
- To renounce under oath; forswear.
- ambivalent
- Characterized by a mixture of opposite feelings or attitudes.
- abdicate
- To relinquish (power or responsibility) formally.
- abysmal
- Unfathomable, limitless, or very bad.
- aberration
- A deviation from the proper or expected course.
- abate
- To lessen, to subside.
- accretion
- The growing of separate things into one or increase in size by gradual addition.
- accolade
- Praise, approval.
- ameliorate
- To make or become better; improve.
- alacrity
- Cheerful willingness; eagerness.
- amicable
- Friendly.
- amalgamate
- To combine into a unified or integrated whole; unite.
- admonitory
- containing warning
- amortize
- To liquidate (a debt, such as a mortgage) by installment payments or payment into a sinking fund.
- acarpous
- Producing no fruit, sterile.