(1) to cause to appear pale and sickly (2) to make weak by stunting the growth or development of

to make impure by adding extraneous, improper or inferior ingredients

(1) to renounce under oath; forswear (2) to recant solemnly; repudiate (3) to give up; abstain from

to remark or comment critically, usually with strong disapproval or censure

(1) to vex or harass with petty attacks (2) to maneuver or secure gradually (3) to scurry (4) a hunt or chase, or a hunting cry

(1) to command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath (2) to appeal to or entreat earnestly

(1) to reduce the value or impair the quality of (2) to corrupt morally; debase (3) to make ineffective; invalidate

(1) to take or claim for oneself without right; appropriate (2) to ascribe on behalf of another in an unwanted manner

to abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority

(1) to give up (e.g. rights or a claim); renounce (2) to deny (something) to oneself

to come by flattery or wheedling; cajole

to cite as an example or means of proof in an argument

(1) to give a sketchy outline of (2) to prefigure indistinctly; foreshadow (3) to overshadow, shadow, or obscure

to punish by imposing an arbitrary penalty

to mislead by means of a petty trick or fraud; deceive

to comment at length; discourse

(1) to speak or write at length (2) to wander freely

forfend or forefend [tr v]

(1) to keep or ward off; avert (2) to defend or protect

to move about restlessly and with little purpose

to confine within or as if within walls; imprison

(1) to look on and offer unwanted, usually meddlesome advice to others (2) to chat; converse

to write in a scholarly fashion; produce scholarship

to scold or rebuke sharply; berate

to make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate

(1) to conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation (2) to speak at great length, often in a grandiloquent manner; declaim

(1) to discontinue a session of (2) to postpone; defer

to reason methodically and logically

to break out anew or come into renewed activity, as after a period of quiescence

(1) to be discontented or low in spirits; complain or fret (2) to yearn after something

to induce (a person) to commit an unlawful or evil act

to cause humiliation or disgrace to by making malicious and false statements

to declare seriously or positively; affirm

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Bert GRE Prio-Verb

GRE Vocab Verbs only - Priority Words

Question	Answer
etiolate [tr v]	(1) to cause to appear pale and sickly (2) to make weak by stunting the growth or development of
adulterate [tr v]	to make impure by adding extraneous, improper or inferior ingredients
abjure [tr v]	(1) to renounce under oath; forswear (2) to recant solemnly; repudiate (3) to give up; abstain from
propitiate [tr v]	to conciliate; appease
animadvert [intr v]	to remark or comment critically, usually with strong disapproval or censure
chivvy [v]	(1) to vex or harass with petty attacks (2) to maneuver or secure gradually (3) to scurry (4) a hunt or chase, or a hunting cry
adjure [tr v]	(1) to command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath (2) to appeal to or entreat earnestly
vitiate [tr v]	(1) to reduce the value or impair the quality of (2) to corrupt morally; debase (3) to make ineffective; invalidate
arrogate [tr v]	(1) to take or claim for oneself without right; appropriate (2) to ascribe on behalf of another in an unwanted manner
indite [tr v]	to write; compose
abrogate [tr v]	to abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
abnegate [tr v]	(1) to give up (e.g. rights or a claim); renounce (2) to deny (something) to oneself
blandish [tr v]	to come by flattery or wheedling; cajole
adduce [tr v]	to cite as an example or means of proof in an argument
adumbrate [intr v]	(1) to give a sketchy outline of (2) to prefigure indistinctly; foreshadow (3) to overshadow, shadow, or obscure
amerce [tr v]	to punish by imposing an arbitrary penalty
bruit [tr v]	to spread news of; repeat
cozen [tr v]	to mislead by means of a petty trick or fraud; deceive
descant [tr v]	to comment at length; discourse
expatiate [intr v]	(1) to speak or write at length (2) to wander freely
festinate [intr v]	to hasten
forfend or forefend [tr v]	(1) to keep or ward off; avert (2) to defend or protect
gad [intr v]	to move about restlessly and with little purpose
immure [tr v]	to confine within or as if within walls; imprison
imprecate [tr v]	to invoke evil upon; curse
kibitz [intr v]	(1) to look on and offer unwanted, usually meddlesome advice to others (2) to chat; converse
larrup [tr v]	to beat, flog, or thrash
lucubrate [intr v]	to write in a scholarly fashion; produce scholarship
objurgate [tr v]	to scold or rebuke sharply; berate
osculate [tr v]	to kiss
palliate [tr v]	to make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate
perorate [intr v]	(1) to conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation (2) to speak at great length, often in a grandiloquent manner; declaim
prorogue [tr v]	(1) to discontinue a session of (2) to postpone; defer
ratiocinate [intr v]	to reason methodically and logically
recrudesce [intr v]	to break out anew or come into renewed activity, as after a period of quiescence
repine [intr v]	(1) to be discontented or low in spirits; complain or fret (2) to yearn after something
suborn [tr v]	to induce (a person) to commit an unlawful or evil act
traduce [tr v]	to cause humiliation or disgrace to by making malicious and false statements
asseverate [tr v]	to declare seriously or positively; affirm

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