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GRE VOCABULARY

abate Verb. Subside or moderate. Sentence: Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate. I will wait until the noise abates in this classroom before we start the lesson.
aberrant Noun. Abnormal or deviant. Sentences: Given the aberrant nature of the data, we came to doubt the validity of the entire experiment. Due to the aberrant results of my blood test, I must have chemo for now.
abeyance Noun. Suspended action. Sentences: Hostilities between the two rival ethnic groups have been in abeyance since the arrival of the United Nations peacekeeping force last month. The decision to impeach will be abeyance awaiting the results of the report.
abscond Verb. depart secretly and hide. Sentences: The teller who absconded with the bonds was free until his photo was recognized on “America’s Most Wanted”. Most people think President Trump should abscond from the presidency to avoid further embarrassment.
abstemious Adjective. sparing in eating and drinking. Sentences: The mother pressed food on her vegetarian son’s abstemious diet, concerned that it was not providing enough nutrition. Chemo can cause an abstemious habit if you do not force yourself to eat regular.
admonish Verb. warn;reprove Sentences: He admonished his listeners to change their wicked ways. The doctor admonished me to come and receive my bone medicine and shot or things would get worse.
admonition Noun. warning. Sentences: The teacher was given an admonition for hitting the student. I do not want to be given an admonition about my health due to my refusal to follow sound instructions.
adulterate Verb. Make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances. Sentences: It is a crime to adulterate food without informing the customers. The orange juice had been adulterated, it’s taste was like an orange soda without the carbon.
Aesthetic Adjective. Artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful. Sentences: The beauty of Tiffany’s stained glass appealed to Alice’s aesthetic sense. I think I have a an aesthetic sense when it comes to decorating my home.
Aggregate Verb. Gather; accumulate. Sentences: Before the Wall Street scandals, dealers in so-called junk bonds managed to aggregate great wealth in short periods of time. It is my goal to aggregate money while workin here in Dubai
Alacrity Noun. Cheerful promptness; eagerness. Sentences: Phil and Dave were raring to get off to the mountains; they packed up their ski gear and climbed into the van with alacrity. My alacrity is heightened whenever I get to go home.
Alleviate Verb. Relieve. Sentence. This should alleviate the pain; if it does not, we shall have to use stronger drugs
Amalgamate Verb. Combine; unite in one body. Sentence: The unions will attempt to amalgamate their groups into one national body. The Christian churches would be more powerful if they would amalgamate their funds toward the ministry of helping others.
Ambiguous Adjective. Unclear or doubtful in meaning. Sentence: His ambiguous instruction misled us; we did not know which road to take.
Ambivalence Noun. The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes. Sentence. Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next, she was confused by the ambivalence of her feelings.
Ameliorate. Verb. Improve. Many social workers have attempted to ameliorate the conditions of people living in the slums. It is my responsibility as a Christian to ameliorate whatever community I am a part of.
Anachronism Noun. Something or someone misplaced in time. Sentence: Shakespeare’s reference to clocks in Julius Caesar is an anachronism; no clocks existed in Caesar’s time.
antipathy Noun. aversion; dislike. Tom’s extreme antipathy for disputes keeps him from getting into arguments with his temperamental wife.
analogous Adjective. Comparable. Sentence: Actors exploring a classic text often improvise, working through an analogous situation closer to their own experience: ex. in Romeo and Juliet, they improvise a doorstep “goodnight” scene between newly met boy and girl.
anarchy
Noun. Absence of government; state of disorder. Sentence: The assasination Of The leaders led to a period of anarchy.
anomalous Adjective. abnormal; irregular. Sentence: Ahe was placed in the anomalous position of seeming to approve procedures that she despised.
apathy Noun. Lack of caring; indifference. A firm believer of democratic government, she could not understand the apathy of people who never bothered to vote.
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