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GRE Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abase | lower; degrade; humiliate; make humble; make (oneself) lose self-respect |
| n abash | embarrass |
| n abate | subside or moderate |
| aberrant | abnormal or deviant |
| aberration | deviation from the normal; mental disorder |
| n abet | assist usually in doing something wrong; encourage |
| n abeyance | suspended action |
| abhor | detest; hate |
| abject | (of a condition) wretched; as low as possible; lacking pride; very humble; showing lack of self-respect; Ex. abject apology |
| abjure | renounce upon oath |
| ablution | washing |
| abnegation | renunciation; self-sacrifice; self-abnegation |
| abominate | loathe; hate |
| abominable | detestable; extremely unpleasant |
| abortive | unsuccessful; fruitless |
| abrogate | abolish |
| n abscission | cutting off; separation |
| abscond | depart secretly and hide |
| absolve | pardon (an offense) |
| abstemious s | paring in eating and drinking; temperate |
| abstruse | obscure; profound; difficult to understand |
| n abut | border upon; adjoin |
| abysmal | bottomless |
| accede | agree |
| acclimate | adjust to climate or environment; adapt |
| n acclivity | sharp upslope of a hill; OP. declivity |
| accost | approach and speak first to a person |
| n accoutre | equip; N. accoutrement |
| accretion | growth or increase in size by gradual addition; growth; increase; increase by natural growth; Ex. towers and other accretions of the castle; V. accrete |
| n acerbity | bitterness of speech and temper; ADJ. acerbic: bitter; acrid (in taste, manner, or tone) |
| n acetic | vinegary |
| n acidulous | slightly sour (in taste or manner); sharp; caustic |
| n acme | peak; pinnacle; highest point |
| acquiesce | assent; agree passively; comply without protest |
| n acrid | bitter (to the taste or smell); sharp; bitterly pungent |
| n acrimonious | stinging; caustic; bitter in words or manner; N. acrimony: bitter ill-natured animosity in speech or behavior |
| acrophobia | fear of heights |
| actuarial | calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics |
| actuary | someone who advises insurance companies |
| n actuate | motivate; activate; cause to act |
| acuity | sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing) |
| acumen | mental keenness; sharpness of judgment; ability to judge quickly and well; Ex. business |
| n addendum | addition; appendix to book; something that is added (as at the end of a speech or book) |
| n addle | make or become confused; muddle; drive crazy; become rotten (egg) |
| adept | expert at; very skilled |
| adherent | supporter; follower |
| s adjourn | suspend until a later time; move from one place to another |
| adjunct | something attached to but holding an inferior position |
| adjuration | solemn urging; V. adjure: entreat earnestly; enjoin solemnly |
| n adjutant | staff officer assisting the commander; assistant |
| admonish | warn or speak to with gentle disapproval; reprove |
| adroit | skillful (in using mind or hand) |
| adulation | flattery; admiration that is more than is necessary or deserved |
| advent | arrival |
| adventitious | accidental; casual; happening by chance |
| n advert | refer |
| n aegis | shield; protection; defense |
| n aerie(aery,eyrie,eyry) | nest of a large bird of prey |
| affable | easily approachable; easy to talk to; warmly friendly |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| affiliation | joining; associating with |
| affinity | feeling of kinship; similarity; Ex. strong affinity for her; Ex. many affinities between two languages |
| affliction | state of distress; trial; cause of distress or suffering; V. afflict: inflict grievous suffering on |
| affront | insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect; V: insult or hurt the feelings of intentionally |
| n agape | openmouthed |
| n agglomeration | collection; heap; V. agglomerate: gather into a rounded mass; N. aggolmeate: jumbled mass; heap |
| aggregate | sum; total; ADJ. V: gather into a mass or whole; accumulate; add up to; Ex. aggregate 100 dollars |
| aghast | filled with great surprise or fear; horrified |
| n agog | highly excited; intensely curious |
| alacrity | cheerful promptness without reluctance |
| alchemy | medieval chemistry |
| alimentary | supplying nourishment |
| allay | calm; pacify |
| n allegory | story, play, or picture in which characters are used as symbols; fable |
| alliteration | repetition of beginning sound in poetry |
| alluvial | pertaining to soil deposits left by running water |
| n aloof | apart; not open in one's relationship with other people; reserved; ADV. |
| n aloft | upward; high up in the air |
| altruistic | unselfishly generous; concerned for others; N. altiruism: unselfish concern for the welfare of others; unselfishness; OP. egoism |
| n amalgamate | (of societies or groups) combine; unite in one body |
| n amalgam | combination of different things; mixture of metals (containing mercury) used for filling holes in teeth |
| amazon | female warrior |
| ambiguous | unclear or doubtful in meaning; having more than one possible interpretation |
| ambivalence | the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinions |
| amble | walking at an easy unhurried pace; V: walk slowly and aimlessly |
| n ambrosia | food of the gods |
| ambulatory | able to walk |
| ameliorate | improve |
| amenable | obedient; compliant; readily managed; responsive; willing to be led; answerable or accountable legally; responsible; able to be tested by; Ex. amenable to sensible suggestions; Ex. He is very amenable; Ex. amenable to the usual tests |
| amity | friendship; peaceful relationship as between nations |
| amorous | moved by sexual love; loving; of sexual love; Ex. amorous advances |
| amorphous | formless; lacking shape or definition |
| anachronism | an error involving time in a story; something or someone misplaced in time; ADJ. anachronistic |
| n analgesic | causing insensitivity to pain; N. |
| s analgesia | condition of being unable to feel pain |
| analogous | comparable; similar |
| n anathema s | olemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse; V. anathematize |
| ancillary | serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary; N. |
| animadversion | critical remark; V. animadvert: comment critically with disapproval |
| animosity | active enmity |
| n animus | hostile feeling or intent; animosity; hostility; disposition |
| anneal | reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling (metal or glass) |
| annex | attach; add to a large thing; take possession of; incorporate (territory) into a larger existing political unit (by force); N: building added to a large one |
| n anodyne | drug that relieves pain or trouble; ÁøÅëÁ¦; opiate; ADJ. Ex. anodyne statement |
| anomalous | abnormal; irregular |
| antagonism | hostility; active opposition; V. antagonize: cause to become an enemy; N. antagonist: person who is opposed to another; opponent; adversary; principal character in oppostion to the protagonist |
| antecede | precede |
| antecedents | preceding events that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background |
| antediluvian | antiquated; extremely ancient |
| anthropoid | manlike; resembling a human being; N. |
| anthropomorphic | having human form or characteristics |
| antipathy | aversion; dislike or opposition |
| antithesis | contrast; direct opposite of or to; ADJ. antithetic or antithetical |
| apathy | lack of caring; indifference; lack of concern or interest in important matters; Ex. He was sunk in apathy after his failure; ADJ. apathetic |
| n aperture | opening; hole; adjustable opening in a camera that limits the amount of light |
| n apex | tip; summit; climax; highest point |
| aphasia | loss of speech due to injury or illness |
| aphorism | pithy maxim or saying; ADJ. aphoristic |
| n apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| s apiculture | bee-keeping |
| s apiarist | person who keeps bees |
| n aplomb | poise; composure in difficult situations; assurance; self-confidence |
| n apocryphal | (of a story) widely believed but untrue |
| apogee | highest point; the point farthest from the earth; OP. perigee |
| n apologist | one who writes in defense of a cause or institution; N. apologia |
| n apoplexy | stroke; loss of consciousness caused by too much blood in the brain |
| n apostate | one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs; N. apostasy |
| n apothegm(apophthegm) | pithy, compact saying |
| n apotheosis | elevation to godhood; an ideal example of something |
| n appellation | name; title |
| append | attach |
| apposite | appropriate; fitting |
| appraise | estimate value of; N. appraisal |
| apprise | inform |
| approbation | approval |
| appropriate | acquire; take possession of for one's own use without permission; set aside for a particular purpose; allocate; CF. misappropriate |
| n appurtenances | subordinate possessions; something added to a more important thing |
| n apropos | with reference to; regarding; Ex. remarks apropos (of) the present situation; ADJ. ADV. |
| n aquiline | curved; hooked; of or like an eagle; Ex. aquiline nose |
| arbiter | person with power to decide a matter in dispute; judge who is in a position ot make influential judgments; Ex. supreme arbiter of fashion in beachware |
| arbitrary | unreasonable or capricious; random; tyrannical; Ex. arbitrary ruler |
| arbitrate | act as judge (at the request of both sides) |
| n arboretum | place where different trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited |
| s arboreal | of or living in trees |
| arcade | a covered passageway usually lined with shops |
| arcane | esoteric; secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated; Ex. arcane ritual; Ex. arcane process closed to the uninitiated listener |
| n archetype | prototype; primitive pattern |
| arch- | chief; first; Ex. archbishop |
| n archipelago | group of closely located islands |
| ardor | heat; passion; zeal; ADJ. ardent |
| n arduous | hard; strenuous; Ex. arduous work |
| n argot | slang; speech spoken by only a small group of people |
| aria | operatic solo; a song sung by one person in an opera or oratorio |
| arrears | being in debt; money that should have been paid; work that should have been done |
| n arroyo | gully; narrow channel formed by rainwater |
| n artifice | deception; trickery |
| n artless | without guile; open and honest |
| ascendancy | controlling influence; position of controlling influence; CF. in the ascendant |
| ascertain | find out for certain; make certain |
| ascetic | practicing self-denial; avoiding physical pleasures and comforts; austere; Ex. ascetic life of Buddhist monks; N. asceticism |
| ascribe | refer; attribute; assign |
| aseptic | preventing infection; having a cleansing effect |
| n ashen | ash-colored; deadly pale |
| n asinine | stupid; Ex. asinine remarks |
| n askance | with a sideways or indirect look (with disapproval or distruct); Ex. look askance at |
| asperity | sharpness; roughness; severity (of temper or weather); Ex. asperities of a Russian winter |
| aspersion | slanderous remark; Ex. cast aspersions on |
| aspirant | seeker after position or status |
| n assay | analyze (to discover what materials are present); evaluate (soil or ore) |
| n assert | state strongly or positively; demand recognition of (rights, claims, etc.); make a claim to (by forceful action); Ex. assert one's independence |
| assiduous | diligent |
| assuage | make less severe; ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger) |
| assurance | firm statement that something is certainly true; |
| n astral | relating to the stars |
| astute | wise; shrewd; keen; seeing quickly something that is to one's advantage |
| n asunder | into parts; apart; V. sunder |
| n atavism | resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; reversion to an earlier type; throwback; ADJ. atavistic |
| atone | make amends for; pay for; Ex. atone for |
| atrophy | wasting away; V: weaken and lose flesh and muscle (through lack of blood or lack of use) |
| attenuate | make thin; weaken |
| attrition | rubbing away by friction; gradual decrease in numbers or strength; reduction in the work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment; Ex. a war of attrition |
| n augury omen | prophecy; sign of coming events; V. augur: predict; foretell; be a sign of (something in future) |
| august | impressive; majestic |
| n aureole | sun's corona; halo; bright circle of light |
| n auroral | pertaining to the aurora borealis; CF. aurora australis |
| auspicious | favoring success; giving signs of future success; Cf. auspices |
| austere | forbiddingly stern; ascetic; without comfort or enjoyment; severely simple and unornamented; Ex. a monk's austere life; Ex. austere grandeur of the cathedral; N. austerity |
| autocratic | having absolute unchecked power; dictatorial; N. autocrat, |
| avarice | greediness for wealth |
| aver | state confidently; declare as true |
| aviary | enclosure for birds; large cage |
| n avid | greedy; extremely eager for; Ex. avid learner; N. avidity |
| avocation | secondary or minor occupation |
| avow | declare openly; N. avowal |
| avuncular | of or like an uncle |
| n awl | pointed tool used for piercing |
| axiom | self-evident truth requiring no proof |
| n azure | sky blue |
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