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GRE Barron Vocab
Barrons Essential Vocabulary Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abate | verb:to decrease;reduce |
| abdicate | verb:to give up a position, right or power |
| aberrant | adj:deviating from what is normal |
| abeyance | noun:temporary suppression or suspension |
| abject | adj:miserable; pitiful |
| abjure | verb:to reject, abandon formally |
| abscission | noun:the act of cutting; the natural separatioin of a leaf or other part of a plant |
| abscond | verb:to depart secretly |
| abstemious | adj:moderate in appetite |
| abstinence | noun:the giving up of certain pleasures |
| accretion | noun:growth in size or increase in amount |
| abysmal | adj:very bad |
| accrue | verb:to accumulate; grow by addditions |
| adamant | adj:uncompromising;unyielding |
| adjunct | noun:something added, attached or joined |
| admonish | verb:to caution or reprimand |
| adulterate | verb:to corrupt or make impure |
| aesthetic | adj:relating to beauty or art |
| affected | adj:pretentious, phony |
| affinity | noun:fondness;liking; similarity |
| aggrandize | verb:to make larger or greater |
| aggregate | adj:amounting to a whole; total |
| alacrity |