GRE A
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- aseptic
- surgically clean
- Abacus
- frame with balls for calculating
- abate
- to lesson / to subside
- abdication
- to give up control or authority
- aberration
- straying away from what is normal
- abet
- help or encourage (in something wrong)
- abeyance
- suspend 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
- abstruse
- difficult to comprehend (obscure)
- abut
- border on
- acarpous
-
effete
no longer fertile
worn out - accolade
-
praise
approval - accretion
- the growing of separate things into one
- admonitory
- containing warning
- adamant
-
inflexible
kind of stone - adorn
-
add beauty
decorate - adulteration
-
making unpure
poorer in quality - affable
- polite and friendly
- agog
-
eager
excited - ail
- to be ill
- alacrity
- eager and cheerful readiness
- alloy
- to debase by mixing with something inferior
- aloof
-
reserved
indifferent - amalgamate
-
mix
combine
unite societies - ameliorate
-
improve
make better - amortize
- end a debt by setting aside money
- anguish
- severe suffering
- aplomb
- self-confidence
- apostate
- one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
- apotheosis
-
defecation
glorification to godliness - 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
- ascertain
- get to know
- ascetic
-
practicing self-denial
austere stark - ascribe
- to determine origin or where something belongs to
- asperity
-
roughness
harshness
ill temper
irritability - aspersion
- slander
- assail
- with attack violently
- assiduous
-
diligent
hard-working
sedulous - assuage
- to make (desire) less
- astringent
- substance that shrinks
- 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 - avid
-
eager
greedy - avow
-
admit
declare openly