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GRE Vocab Flashcards
GRE vocabulary flashcards
| Word | Definition | Synonyms |
|---|---|---|
| Abase (verb) | to humble; disgrace | demean, humiliate |
| Abdicate (verb) | to give up a position, right, or power | cede, relinquish, resign, quit, yield |
| Abjure (verb) | to reject; abandon formally | forswear, recall, recant, retract, take back |
| Advocate (verb) | to speak in favor of | back, champion, support |
| Abeyance (noun) | temporary suspension or suppression | deferral, delay, dormancy, postponement, remission |
| Abate (verb) | to reduce amount, degree, or severity | ebb, lapse, let up, moderate, relent, slacken, subside, wane |
| Abscond (verb) | to leave secretly | decamp, escape, flee |
| Aerie (noun) | a nest built high in the air, an elevated often secluded, dwelling | perch, stronghold |
| Abstemious (adj.) | moderate in appetite | abstinent, continent, self-restraining, sober, temperate |
| Adulterate (verb) | to make impure | debase, doctor, load |
| Acme (noun) | highest point; summit; the highest level or degree available | apex, peak, summit |
| Abstain (verb) | to choose not to do something | forbear, refrain, withhold |
| Abyss (noun) | an extremely deep hole | chasm, void |
| Acidulous (adj.) | sour taste or manner | acerbic, acetous, biting, piquant, pungent, tart |
| Accretion (noun) | a growth in size, and increase in amount | accumulation, buildup |
| Aesthetic (adj.) | concerning the appreciation of beauty | artistic, tasteful |
| Affected (adj.) | phony, artificial | insincere, pretentious, put-on |
| Aggrandize (verb) | to increase in power, influence, and reputation | amplify, apotheosize, augment, dignify, elevate, enlarge, ennoble, exalt, glorify, magnify, swell, uplift, wax |
| Alacrity (noun) | speed or quickness | celerity, dispatch, haste, swiftness |
| Alleviate (verb) | to make more bearable | allay, assuage, comfort, ease, lessen, lighten, mitigate palliate, relieve |
| Amalgamate (verb) | to mix together; to combine | admix, blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, commix, compound, fuse, intermingle, intermix, merge, mingle, mix, unite |
| Ambiguous (adj.) | doubtful or uncertain; can be interpreted several ways | cloudy, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, indeterminate, nebulous, obscure, unclear, vague |
| Ameliorate (verb) | to make better; to improve | amend, better, improve, pacify, upgrade |
| Amortize (verb) | to diminish by installment payments | convivality |
| Amulet (noun) | ornament worn as a charm against evil spirits | fetish, talisman |
| Anachronism (noun) | something out of place in time | archaism, incongruity |
| Analgesia (noun) | a lessening of pain without loss of consciousness | none |
| Analogous (adj.) | similar or alike in some way; equivalent to | alike, comparable, corresponding, equivalent, homogeneous, parallel, similar |
| Anodyne (noun) | something that calms or soothes pain | narcotic, nepenthe, opiate |
| Anomaly (noun) | deviation from what is normal | aberrant, aberration, abnormality, deviance, deviation, irregularity |
| Antagonize (verb) | to annoy or provoke to anger | clash, conflict, incite, irritate, oppose, pester, provoke, vex |
| Antipathy (noun) | extreme dislike | abhorrence, animosity, animus, antagonism, aversion, dislike, enmity, hatred, hostility, loathing, repellence, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion |
| Apathy (noun) | lack of interest or emotion | coolness, disinterest, disregard, impassivity |
| Apocryphal (adj.) | of questionable authority or authenticity | disputed, doubtful, fictitious, fraudulent |
| Apostate (noun) | one who renounces a religious faith | defector, deserter, traitor |
| Approbation (noun) | approval and praise | acclaim, adulation, applause, commendation, compliments, exalt, extol, hail, kudos, praise |
| Arbitrary (adj.) | determined by chance or impulse | changeable, erratic, indiscriminate, random, wayward |
| Arbitrate (verb) | to judge a dispute between two opposing parties | adjudge, abjudicate, determine, intermediate, intervene, judge, moderate, referee, rule |
| Ardor (noun) | intense and passionate feeling | devotion, enthusiasm, fervency, fervidity, fervor, fire, passion, zeal, zealousness |
| Aberrant (adj.) | deviating from what is normal or expected | abnormal, anomalous, deviant, divergent, errant, irregular |
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