GRE top 200
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- to reduce in amount, degree, or severity
- abate
- to leave secretly
- abscond
- to choose not to do something
- abstain
- an extremely deep hole
- abyss
- to make impure
- adulterate
- to speak in favor of
- advocate
- concerning the appreciation of beauty
- aesthetic
- to increase in power, influence, and reputation
- aggrandize
- to make more bearable
- alleviate
- to combine, to mix together
- amalgamate
- doubtful or uncertain, able to be interpreted several ways
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ambiguous
(ambiguity - the quality of being ambiguous) - to make better, to improve
- ameliorate
- something out of place in time
- anachronism
- similar or alike in some way, equivalent to
- analogous
- deviation from what is normal
- anomaly
- to annoy or provoke to anger
- antagonize
- extreme dislike
- antipathy
- lack of interest or emotion
- apathy
- to judge a dispute between two opposing parties
- arbitrate
- ancient, old-fashioned
- archaic
- intense and passionate feeling
- ardor
- able to speak clearly and expressively
- articulate
- to make something unpleasant less severe
- assuage
- to reduce in force or degree, to weaken
- attenuate
- fearless and daring
- audacious
- severe or stern in appearance, undecorated
- austere
- predictable, cliched, boring
- banal
- to support, to prop up
- bolster
- pompous in speech and manner
- bombastic
- harsh, jarring noise
- cacophony
- impartial and honest in speech
- candid
- changing one's mind quickly and often
- capricious
- to punish or criticize harshly
- castigate
- something that brings about a change in something else
- catalyst
- biting in wit
- caustic
- great disorder or confusion
- chaos
- someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs
- chauvinist
- deception by means of craft or guile
- chicanery
- convincing and well reasoned
- cogent
- to overlook, pardon, or disregard
- condone
- intricate and complicated
- convoluted
- to provise supporting evidence
- corroborate