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GRE Vocab pt 1
Matching Definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abstain | refrain |
| accolade | praise |
| aberrant | deviating |
| abate | lessen in intensity |
| abscond | depart securely |
| acumen | keen in insight |
| acerbic | sour or bitter |
| abscission | removal |
| accretion | building up |
| abjure | renounce |
| abrogate | abolish |
| abstruse | hard to understand |
| adroit | adept |
| advocate | argue for |
| adumbrate | foreshadow |
| adulation | excessive praise |
| admonish | warn or express disapproval |
| alchemy | magical transformation |
| alacrity | enthusiastic willingness |
| adulterate | reduce purity of something |
| aggrandize | increase in power |
| aesthetic | relating to or appreciating art or beauty |
| ameliorate | make better |
| amenable | agreeable |
| ambiguity | uncertainty |
| amalgamate | combine into a hole |
| antipathy | strong dislike |
| anathema | curse |
| anomaly | abnormality |
| anachronism | something out of place historically |
| alloy | make less pure |
| anodyne | soothing |
| antagonize | to irritate |
| appropriate | confiscate |
| apostate | one who abandons faith |
| apotheosis | perfect example |
| apathy | lack of interest |
| apogee | zenith |
| antithetical | diametrically opposed |
| approbation | expression of praise |
| apposite | relevant |
| apprise | inform |
| apocryphal | spurious |
| arcane | mysterious |
| arduous | strenuous |
| arabesque | complex design |
| asperity | harshness |
| ascetic | austere |
| arrant | impudent |
| artless | natural |
| articulate | to express clearly |
| archaic | outdated |
| arrest | hold one's attention |
| auspice | patronage |
| audacious | daring |
| augury | omen |
| assuage | ease |
| astringent | harsh |
| august | majestic |
| aspersion | defamation |
| attenuate | make thinner |
| assiduous | diligent |
| baleful | sinister |
| aver | state as fact |
| auspicious | favorable |
| beatify | regard as saintly |
| axiom | universally recognized principle |
| austere | bare |
| avarice | greed |
| bane | source of harm |
| bellicose | belligerent |
| bent | inclination |
| blandish | fawn |
| bolster | support |
| boisterous | loud |
| blithe | carefree |
| belie | misrepresent |
| benign | favorable |
| bedizen | adorn |
| bombastic | pompous |
| beguile | trick |
| cadge | mooch |
| brook | tolerate |
| cacophony | discordant sound |
| burgeon | flourish |
| bucolic | pastoral |
| boor | rude person |
| broach | bring up |
| byzantine | complex |
| burnish | polish |
| bridling | restrain |
| carnality | bodily |
| canon | set of principles |
| calumniate | slander |
| censure | criticize severely |
| causality | relationship of cause and effect |
| castigation | harsh criticism |
| capricious | unpredictable |
| caustic | burning |
| cajole | coax |
| cardinal | primary |
| catalyst | substance that causes change |
| chaos | confusion |
| canny | cautious |
| chicanery | trickery |
| cogent | convincing |
| coda | concluding piece |
| chary | wary |
| chic | fashionable |
| chauvinist | blindly devoted member |
| chasten | chastise |
| churlish | boorish |
| chimera | illusion |
| choleric | angry |
| coalesce | come together |
| circumscribe | limit |
| clangorous | loud |
| contiguous | quiz 12, pg 84 |
| contemn | |
| color | |
| convention | |
| consequential | |
| contrite | |
| commensurate | |
| contentious | |
| complaisance | |
| confound | |
| connoisseur | |
| countenance | |
| corrigible | |
| culpable | |
| craven | |
| daunt | |
| convoluted | |
| crescendo | |
| credulous | |
| cozen | |
| damp | |
| cynicism | |
| denouement | |
| denigrate | |
| dearth | |
| deprecate | |
| debacle | |
| decorum | |
| deleterious | |
| depredate | |
| demur | |
| debunk | |
| desiccate | |
| desultory | |
| derivative | |
| derision | |
| detraction | |
| diaphanous | |
| desuetude |
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