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GRE vocab A to D
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| apothegm | pithy, compact saying |
| apotheosis | elation to godhood, an ideal example of something |
| appellation | name, title |
| application | diligent attention |
| apposite | appropriate |
| apprise | inform |
| abet | assist |
| abeyance | suspended action |
| abjure | renounce upon oath, disavow |
| abnegation | renunciation |
| abrogate | abolish |
| abscond | depart secretly and hide |
| abstemious | sparing in eating and drinking, temperate |
| accede | agree |
| accoutre | equip |
| accretion | growth, increase |
| accrue | come about by addition |
| acrophobia | fear of hights |
| actuarial | calculating |
| acumen | mental keenness |
| adjuration | solemn urging |
| adulterate | make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances |
| adventitious | accidental, casual |
| advert | refer to |
| aegis | shield |
| affected | artificial, pretended, assumed in order to impress |
| affidavit | written statement under oath |
| alacrity | cheerful promptness, eagerness |
| alimentary | supplying nourishment |
| allay | calm, pacify |
| alluvial | pertaining to soil deposists left by running water |
| altercation | noisy quarrel |
| amalgamate | combine, unite in one body |
| anachonism | something or someone misplaced in time |
| analgesic | causing insensitivity to pain |
| anathema | solmn curse |
| ancillary | serving as an aid or accessory |
| animadcersion | critical remark |
| animus | hostile intent |
| anneal | reduce brittleness |
| annuity | yearly allowance |
| anodyne | drug that relieves pain |
| antediluvian | antiquated |
| antithesis | contrast, direct opposite of or to |
| ape | mimic |
| aphasia | loss of speech due to injury or illness |
| aphorism | pithy maxim or saying |
| apiary | where bees are kept |
| aplomb | assurance, poise |
| apocrythal | spurious, not authentic |
| apostate | one who abandons his religious fiath or political beliefs |
| approbation | approval |
| appurtenances | subordinate posessions |
| aquiline | curved |
| arabesque | stule pf decoration with intertwined plants |
| argot | slang |
| arraign | charge in court, indict |
| arrears | being in debt |
| arroyo | gully |
| ascendancy | controlling influence |
| ascetic | practicing selfdenial |
| asperity | sharpness of temper |
| aspersion | slanderous remark |
| aspirant | seeker after position or status |
| assiduous | diligent |
| astral | relating to the stars |
| astringent | binding |
| atavism | resemblance to remote anscestors rather than parents |
| attenuate | make thinner |
| attrition | gradual decrease in numbers |
| augury | omen, prophecy |
| august | impressive, majestic |
| aureole | sun's corona |
| automaton | mechanism that imitates actions of humans |
| aver | assert confidently or declare |
| avid | greedy |
| avuncular | like an uncle |
| awl | pointed tool used for piercing |
| aviom | self evident truth |
| badinage | teasing conversation |
| baleful | threatening |
| ballast | heavy substance used to add stability or weight |
| barrister | counselor at law |
| beati- | bliss shit |
| belabor | ailin |
| beleaguer | besiege or attack |
| bellicose | warlike |
| besmirch | soil, defile |
| bevy | large group |
| bivouac | temporary encampment |
| bowdlerize | expurgate? Expell |
| brindled | tawny or grayish with steaks or spots |
| brook | tolerate, endure |
| bucolic | rustic, pastoral |
| bugaboo | object of baseless terror |
| bulwark | earthwork or other strong defense |
| burlesque | give an imitation that ridicules |
| cabal | small group of bitches |
| cache | hiding place |
| cadence | rhythmic rise and fall |
| cadge | bged, mooch |
| callow | youthful, immature |
| calorific | heartpounding |
| calumny | malicious misrepresentation, slander |
| canard | frankness, open honesty |
| canon | collection or authoritative list of books |
| cant | insincere expressions of piety |
| canto | division of a long poem |
| capacious | spacious |
| capitulate | surrender |
| captious | faultfinding |
| carafe | glass water bottle |
| carapace | shell covering the back |
| carillon | a set of bells capable of being played |
| carping | petty criticism |
| castigation | punishment |
| cataract | great waterfall |
| catechism | book for religious instruction |
| catholic | universal |
| caustic | burning |
| cavalcade | procession, parade |
| cavil | make privolous objections |
| celerity | speed, rapidity |
| centurion | roman army officer |
| cerebration | thought |
| chaffing | bantering |
| chary | cautious |
| chasten | correct by punishment |
| checkered | marked by changes in fortune |
| chimerical | fantastically improbable |
| churlish | boorish |
| cipher | nonentity, worthless person |
| clairvoyant | having foresight |
| clout | great influence |
| coda | concluding sectrion of a musical or literary composition |
| coeval | living at the same time as |
| cogitate | think over |
| cognate | related linguistically |
| collation | light meal |
| collusion | conspiring in a fraudulent scheme |
| comestible | something fit to be eaten |
| comity | courtesy |
| commensurate | corresponding in extent |
| compendium | brief, comprehensive summary |
| complicity | involvement in a crime |
| comport | bear one's self, behave |
| compunction | remorse |
| concatenate | link as in a chain |
| concerted | done together, mutually agreed on |
| conclave | private meeting |
| concomitant | that which accompanies |
| concord | harmony |
| condign | appropriate, deserved |
| conduit | aqueduct, passageway for fluids |
| conflagration | great fire |
| conflate | meld or fuse, confuse, combine into one |
| confluence | flowing together, crowd |
| conjugal | pertaining to marriage |
| connivance | pretense of ignorance or something wrong, assistance, permission to offend |
| connubial | pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state |
| consanguinity | kinship |
| conscript | draftee, person forced into military service |
| consecrate | dedicate, sanctify |
| consequential | pompous, selfimportant |
| consign | deliver officially, entrust, set apart |
| consonance | harmony, agreement |
| constituent | supporter |
| construe | explain, interpret |
| consummate | wholly without flaw, supremely skilled, complete and utter |
| continence | sexual chastity, serlfrestraint |
| contrite | penitent |
| controvert | oppose with arguments, attempt to refute, contradict |
| contumacious | disobedient, resisting authority |
| contusion | bruise |
| conversant | familiar with |
| converse | opposite |
| conveyance | vehicle, transfer |
| concicial | festive, gay |
| convoke | call together |
| cordon | extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress |
| corpulent | very fat |
| corollary | consequence, accompaniment |
| corrugated | wrinkled, ridged |
| coterie | group that meets socially |
| countenance | approve, tolerate |
| countermand | cancel, revoke |
| covenant | agreement |
| cow | terrorize, intimidate |
| cozen | cheat, swindle |
| craven | cowardly |
| credence | belief |
| credo | creed |
| crux | essential or main point |
| cull | pick out, reject |
| culvert | artificial channel for water |
| cupidity | greed |
| curmudgeon | churlish, miserly individual |
| cynosure | object or general attention |
| dapper | neat and trim |
| deadpan | wooden, impassive |
| dearth | scarcity |
| debacle | sudden downfall |
| debauch | corrupt, seduce from virtue |
| deciduous | falling off |
| decollete | having a low cut neckline |
| default | failure to act |
| deferance | courteous regard for another's wish |
| defray | provide for the payment of |
| defunct | dead, no longer in use of or existence |
| deleterious | harmful |
| delineate | portray, depict, sketch |
| delusive | deceptive, raising vain hopes |
| demagogue | person who appeals to people's prejudice, false leader |
| demotic | pertaining to the people |
| demur | objection, protest |
| denigrate | blacken |
| denizen | inhabitant or resident, regular visitor |
| denouement | outcome, final development of the plot or a play |
| deplore | regret |
| depose | dethrone, remove from office |
| deprecate | express disapproval of, protest against, belittle |
| depredation | plundering |
| descry | catch sight of |
| desiccate | dry up |
| desuetude | state of disuse |
| desultory | aimless, haphazard, digressing at danrom |
| detraction | slandering, aspersion |
| diadem | crown |
| dialectical | relating to the art of debate, mutual or reciiprocal |
| diaphanous | sheer, transparent |
| diatribe | bitter scolding, invective |
| dictum | authoritative and wighty statement |
| die | device for stamoing or immpressing, mold |
| diffidence | shyness |
| dilatory | tending to delay, intentionally delaying |
| dint | means, effort |
| dirge | lament with music |
| disabuse | correct a false impression, undeceive |
| disaffected | disloyal |
| disapprobation | disapproval, condemnation |
| discerning | mentally quick and observant, having insight |
| discomfit | put to rout, defeat, disconcert |
| disconcert | confuse, upset, embarrass |
| disconsolate | sad |
| discrete | separate, unconnected, distinct parts |
| discursive | digressing, rambing |
| disenfranchise | deprive of a civil right |
| disingenuous | lacking genuine candor, insincere |
| disinterested | unprejudiced |
| disport | amuse |
| disquietude | uneasiness, anxiety |
| disquisition | formal sustematic inquiry |
| dissemble | disquise, pretend |
| dissident | dissenting, rebellious |
| dissimulate | pretend, conceal by feining |
| dissipate | squander, waste, scatter |
| distrait | inattentive, distracted |
| diurnal | daily |
| divest | strip, deprive |
| docket | program as for trial |
| doctrinaire | unable to compromise about points of doctrine, dogmatic, unyeilding |
| doff | take off |
| doggerel | poor verse |
| dosmatic | opinionated, arbitrary,doctinal |
| doldrums | blues, listlessness, slack period |
| doleful | mournful |
| dolorous | sorrowful |
| domicile | home |
| dormer | window projecting from the roof |
| dossier | file of documents on a subject |
| dotage | senility |
| dowdy | untidy |
| dregs | sediment |
| dross | waste matter |
| dubious | questionable |
| dulcet | sweet sounding |
| duress | forcible restraint |
| dyspeptic | suffering from indigestion |
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