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30 GRE words - Mon

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Abeyance n. a temporary state of suspension
Abstemious adj. sparing in the use of food/drink
Adumbrate v. to foreshadow vaguely or intimate
Aggrandize v. to increase in intensity
Alacrity n. liveliness and eagerness
Anachronism n. something out of place in terms of historical context
Anodyne adj. not likely to provoke offense
Apocryphal adj. of questionable authenticity
Apostate n. one who abandons one's faith, politics, principles, etc
Apposite adj. suitable/relevant
Ardor n. passion
Ascetic n. rigid self-denial as religious devotion
Asperity n. harshness (of surface, sound, climate)
Aspersion n. a slanderous statement
Asseverate v. to assert; confirm
Assiduous adj. carefully attentive
Astringent adj. pungent or severe
Attenuate v. to weaken
Augury n. an omen, prediction, prophesy
August adj. majestic
Aver v. to state as fact
Baleful adj. threatening harm, menacing
Belie v. to fail to give a true impression of something
Brook v. to tolerate
Bucolic adj. relating to the countryside/pleasantness
Calumniate v. to slander
Cant n. insincere statements of high ideals
Caprice n. a sudden desire, impulse, whim
Captious adj. tending to find fault/raise petty objections
Cavil v. to make petty/unncessary/captious objections
Created by: gibsonsg75
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