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GRE Barron Vocab
Barrons Essential Vocabulary Words
Question | Answer |
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abate | verb:to decrease;reduce |
abdicate | verb:to give up a position, right or power |
aberrant | adj:deviating from what is normal |
abeyance | noun:temporary suppression or suspension |
abject | adj:miserable; pitiful |
abjure | verb:to reject, abandon formally |
abscission | noun:the act of cutting; the natural separatioin of a leaf or other part of a plant |
abscond | verb:to depart secretly |
abstemious | adj:moderate in appetite |
abstinence | noun:the giving up of certain pleasures |
accretion | noun:growth in size or increase in amount |
abysmal | adj:very bad |
accrue | verb:to accumulate; grow by addditions |
adamant | adj:uncompromising;unyielding |
adjunct | noun:something added, attached or joined |
admonish | verb:to caution or reprimand |
adulterate | verb:to corrupt or make impure |
aesthetic | adj:relating to beauty or art |
affected | adj:pretentious, phony |
affinity | noun:fondness;liking; similarity |
aggrandize | verb:to make larger or greater |
aggregate | adj:amounting to a whole; total |
alacrity |