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Common GRE words
From Barrons "How to Prepare fore the GRE Test"
Word | Definition |
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abberrant | abnormal or deviant |
abeyance | suspended action |
abscond | depart secretly and hide |
absetmious | sparing in eating and drinking |
admonish | warn |
adulterate | make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances |
aesthetic | artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful |
aggregate | gather |
alacrity | cheerful promptness |
alleviate | relieve |
amalgamate | combine |
ambiguous | unclear or doubtful in meaning |
ameliorate | improve |
anachronism | something or someone misplaced in time |
analogous | comparable |
anarchy | absence of a governing body |
anomalous | abnormal |
antipathy | aversiou; dislike |
apathy | lack of caring |
appease | pacify or soothe |
apprise | inform |
approbation | approval |
appropriate | acquire |
arduous | hard; strenuous |
artless | without guile; open and honest |
ascetic | practicing self denial |
assiduous | diligent |
assuage | ease or lessen |
attenuate | make thin; weaken |
audacious | daring; bold |
abate | subside or moderate |
austere | forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented |
autonomous | self-governing |
aver | state confidently |
banal | hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality |
belie | contradict |
beneficient | kindly; doing good |
bolster | support; reinforce |
bombastic | pompous; using inflated language |
boorish | rude; insensitive |
burgeon | grow forth; send out buds |
burnish | make shiney by rubbing; polish |
cacophonous | discordant; inharmonious |
capricious | unpredictable; fickle |
castigation | punishment; sever criticism |
catalyst | agent that brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged |
caustic | burning; sarcastically biting |
chicanery | trickery |
coagulate | thicken; congeal; clot |
coda | concluding section of a musical or literary composition |
cogent | convincing |