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GRE A-Words Part 15
GRE A Words Part 15 of 19. Divided into 20-25 word stacks for easier learning
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| anthology | book of literary selections by various authors |
| alias | an assumed name |
| anarchist | person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority |
| angular | sharp-cornered; having an angle; not rounded (body); bony; lean; gaunt; stiff in manner |
| aphorism | pithy maxim or saying |
| arduous | hard; strenuous |
| adjuration | solemn urging |
| anvil | iron block used in hammering out metals |
| amalgamate | comine (societies or groups); unite in one body |
| amputate | cut off part of a body |
| advocacy | support; active pleading on behalf of someone or something |
| asinine | stupid |
| asteroid | small planet |
| alchemy | medieval chemistry |
| astronomical | enormously large or extensive |
| audacious | daring; bold |
| appraise | estimate value of |
| ambivalence | the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinions |
| altercation | noisy quarrel |
| abrogate | abolish |
| apprise | inform |