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GRE Vocab Flashcards

GRE vocabulary flashcards

WordDefinitionSynonyms
Abase (verb) to humble; disgrace demean, humiliate
Abdicate (verb) to give up a position, right, or power cede, relinquish, resign, quit, yield
Abjure (verb) to reject; abandon formally forswear, recall, recant, retract, take back
Advocate (verb) to speak in favor of back, champion, support
Abeyance (noun) temporary suspension or suppression deferral, delay, dormancy, postponement, remission
Abate (verb) to reduce amount, degree, or severity ebb, lapse, let up, moderate, relent, slacken, subside, wane
Abscond (verb) to leave secretly decamp, escape, flee
Aerie (noun) a nest built high in the air, an elevated often secluded, dwelling perch, stronghold
Abstemious (adj.) moderate in appetite abstinent, continent, self-restraining, sober, temperate
Adulterate (verb) to make impure debase, doctor, load
Acme (noun) highest point; summit; the highest level or degree available apex, peak, summit
Abstain (verb) to choose not to do something forbear, refrain, withhold
Abyss (noun) an extremely deep hole chasm, void
Acidulous (adj.) sour taste or manner acerbic, acetous, biting, piquant, pungent, tart
Accretion (noun) a growth in size, and increase in amount accumulation, buildup
Aesthetic (adj.) concerning the appreciation of beauty artistic, tasteful
Affected (adj.) phony, artificial insincere, pretentious, put-on
Aggrandize (verb) to increase in power, influence, and reputation amplify, apotheosize, augment, dignify, elevate, enlarge, ennoble, exalt, glorify, magnify, swell, uplift, wax
Alacrity (noun) speed or quickness celerity, dispatch, haste, swiftness
Alleviate (verb) to make more bearable allay, assuage, comfort, ease, lessen, lighten, mitigate palliate, relieve
Amalgamate (verb) to mix together; to combine admix, blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, commix, compound, fuse, intermingle, intermix, merge, mingle, mix, unite
Ambiguous (adj.) doubtful or uncertain; can be interpreted several ways cloudy, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, indeterminate, nebulous, obscure, unclear, vague
Ameliorate (verb) to make better; to improve amend, better, improve, pacify, upgrade
Amortize (verb) to diminish by installment payments convivality
Amulet (noun) ornament worn as a charm against evil spirits fetish, talisman
Anachronism (noun) something out of place in time archaism, incongruity
Analgesia (noun) a lessening of pain without loss of consciousness none
Analogous (adj.) similar or alike in some way; equivalent to alike, comparable, corresponding, equivalent, homogeneous, parallel, similar
Anodyne (noun) something that calms or soothes pain narcotic, nepenthe, opiate
Anomaly (noun) deviation from what is normal aberrant, aberration, abnormality, deviance, deviation, irregularity
Antagonize (verb) to annoy or provoke to anger clash, conflict, incite, irritate, oppose, pester, provoke, vex
Antipathy (noun) extreme dislike abhorrence, animosity, animus, antagonism, aversion, dislike, enmity, hatred, hostility, loathing, repellence, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion
Apathy (noun) lack of interest or emotion coolness, disinterest, disregard, impassivity
Apocryphal (adj.) of questionable authority or authenticity disputed, doubtful, fictitious, fraudulent
Apostate (noun) one who renounces a religious faith defector, deserter, traitor
Approbation (noun) approval and praise acclaim, adulation, applause, commendation, compliments, exalt, extol, hail, kudos, praise
Arbitrary (adj.) determined by chance or impulse changeable, erratic, indiscriminate, random, wayward
Arbitrate (verb) to judge a dispute between two opposing parties adjudge, abjudicate, determine, intermediate, intervene, judge, moderate, referee, rule
Ardor (noun) intense and passionate feeling devotion, enthusiasm, fervency, fervidity, fervor, fire, passion, zeal, zealousness
Aberrant (adj.) deviating from what is normal or expected abnormal, anomalous, deviant, divergent, errant, irregular
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