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GRE word list 5
Barron's list 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| astral | relating to the stars |
| astringent | binding,causing contraction,harsh or severe |
| astronomical | enormously large or extensive |
| astute | wise,shrewd |
| asunder | into parts,apart |
| asylum | place of refuge or shelter |
| asymmetric | not identical on both sides |
| atavism | resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents |
| atheist | one who denies the existence of GOD |
| atone | make amends for, pay for |
| atrocity | brutal deed |
| atrophy | wasting away |
| attentive | alert and watchful |
| attenuate | make thinner, weaken or lessen |
| attest | testify,bear witness |
| attribute (NOUN) | essential quality |
| attribute (VERB) | ascribe, explain |
| attrition | gradual decrease in numbers,reduction in workforce without firing employees |
| atypical | not normal |
| audacious | daring,bold |
| audit | examination of accounts |
| augment | increase,add to |
| augury | omen,prophecy |
| august | impressive,majestic |
| aureole | sun's corona, halo |
| auroral | pertaining to the aurora borealis |
| auspicious | favoring success |
| austere | forbiddingly stern,severely simple |
| authenticate | prove genuine |
| authoritarian | subordinating the individual to the state, completely dominating another's will |
| authoritative | having the weight of authority |
| autocratic | having absolute,unchecked power |
| automation | mechanism that imitates actions of humans |
| autonomous | self-governing |
| autopsy | examination of a dead body |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help, additional or subsidiary |
| avalanche | great mass of falling snow and ice |
| avarice | greediness for wealth |
| avenge | take vengeance for something |
| aver | assert confidently or declare |
| averse | reluctant |
| aversion | firm dislike |
| avert | prevent |
| aviary | enclosure for bird |
| avid | greedy |
| avocation | secondary or minor occupation |
| avow | declare openly |
| avuncular | like an uncle |
| awe | solemn wonder |
| awl | pointed tool used for piercing |
| awry | distorted, crooked |
| axiom | self-evident truth requiring no proof |
| azure | sky blue |
| babble | chatter idly |
| bacchanalian | drunken |
| badger | pester,annoy |
| badinage | teasing conversation |
| baffle | frustrate,perplex |
| bait | harass,tease |
| baleful | threatening,menacing |
| balk | stop short |
| balk | foil |
| ballast | heavy substance used to add stability or weight |
| balm | something that relieves pain |
| balmy | mild,fragrant |
| banal | hackneyed,commonplace,lacking originality |
| bandy | discuss lightly. exchange (words ) heatedly |
| bane | curse |
| baneful | destructive,causing ruin or death |
| bantering | good-naturedly ridiculing |
| barb | sharp projection from fishhook or other object, openly cutting remark |
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