GRE vocab list
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- abate
- to lessen, to subside
- abdication
- giving up control, authority
- aberration
- straying away from what is normal
- abeyance
- suspended action
- abide
- be faithful; to endure
- abjure
- promise or swear to give up
- ablution
- washing
- abnegation
- self-denial
- abrogate
- repeal or annul by authority
- abscond
- to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)
- abstemious
- restraint, especially of food and alcohol
- abstruse
- difficult to understand; obscure
- abut
- border on
- abysmal
- bottomless; extreme
- acarpous
- effete; no longer fertile; worn out
- accolade
- praise; approval
- accretion
- growing of seperate things into one
- adamant
- kind of stone; inflexible
- addle
- to become rotten; to become confused
- adduce
- to offer as example; reason mor proof
- adjudicate
- to settle judicially
- adjunct
- something added; assistant
- adjure
- to beg
- admonitory
- containing warning
- adulteration
- making unpure, poorer in quality
- adumbrate
- to suggest or hint; overshadow
- adventitious
- coming from another source and not innate
- affable
- polite and friendly
- affinty
- close connecting relationship
- agnostic
- non-committal
- agog
- eager; excited
- alacrity
- eager and cheerful readiness
- alcove
- recess; partially enclosed place
- alloy
- to debase by mixing with something inferior
- altercate
- to dispute angrily or noisily
- amalgamate
- mix, combine, unite societies
- ambiguous
- doubtful; uncertian
- ameliorate
- improve; make better
- amorphous
- shapeless
- amortize
- end (a debt) by setting aside money
- anathema
- something loathed; cursed
- antebellum
- existing before war
- antediluvian
- made a long time ago
- anthropomorphic
- having human characteristics
- antithetical
- direct opposing
- apartheid
- brutal racial discrimination
- aphasia
- loss of power to use or comprehend words
- aphorism
- consise statement of a principle
- aplomb
- self-confidence
- apostasy
- renunciation of a religion
- apostate
- one who abandons long-held relgious or political convictions