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GRE Vocabulary 1-5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abject | wretched; lacking pride. |
| abjure | renounce upon oath; disavow. |
| abominate | loathe; hate. |
| abortive | unsuccessful; fruitless |
| abrogate | abolish |
| abscission | removal by cutting off, as in surgery; separation. |
| abstract | theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational. |
| abstruse | obscure; profound; difficult to understand. |
| abysmal | bottomless. |
| accessory | additional object; useful but not essential thing. |
| acclaim | applaud; announce with great approval. |
| acclivity | sharp upslope of a hill. |
| accolade | award of merit. |
| accoutre | equip. |
| accretion | growth; increase. |
| acerbity | bitterness of speech and temper. |
| acetic | vinegary. |
| acidulous | slightly sour; sharp; caustic. |
| acrophobia | fear of heights. |
| actuarial | calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics. |
| actuate | motivate. |
| acuity | sharpness. |
| acumen | mental keenness. |
| adjunct | something (generally nonessential or inferior) added on or attached. |
| adjuration | solemn urging. |
| adjutant | staff officer assisting the commander; assistant. |
| adroit | skillful. |
| adulterate | make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances. |
| adventitious | accidental; casual. |
| advert | refer (to). |
| aegis | shield; defense. |
| aaerie | nest of a large bird of prey (eagle, hawk). |
| affected | artificial; pretended; assumed in order to impress. |
| affidavit | written statement made under oath. |
| affinity | kinship. (She felt an affinity with all who suffered; their pains were her pains.) |
| aggrandize | increase or intensify; raise in power, wealth, rank or honor. |
| aggregate | gather; accumulate |
| alcove | nook; recess |
| alimentary | supplying nourishment. (also a name for the digestive tract) |
| allege | state without proof. |
| alliteration | repetition of beginning sound in poetry. (The furrow followed free). |
| alloy | mix; make less pure; lessen or moderate. |
| allusion | indirect reference. |
| amalgamate | combine; unite in one body. |
| ambivalence | the state of having contradictory or conflicting attitudes. |
| ambrosia | food of the gods. |
| ameliorate | improve. |
| amenable | readily managed or willing to be led; answerable or accountable legally. |
| amenities | convenient features; courtesies. |
| amity | friendship. |
| amoral | nonmoral;lacking a code of ethics; cannot tell right from wrong. |
| amok (amuck) | in a state of rage. |
| anachronism | something or someone misplaced in time. |
| analgesic | causing insensitivity to pain. |
| anathema | solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse. |
| animadversion | critical remark. |
| animus | hostile feeling or intent. |
| anneal | reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling. |
| anodyne | drug that relieves pain; opiate. |
| anoint | consecrate. |
| antecede | precede. |
| antecedents | preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background. |
| anthology | book of literary selections by various authors. |
| anthropoid | manlike. |
| antithesis | contrast; direct opposite of or to. |
| aperture | opening; hole. |
| aphasia | loss of speech due to injury or illness. |
| aphorism | pithy maxim or saying. |
| aplomb | poise; assurance. |
| apocryphal | spurious; not authentic; invented rather than true. |
| apogee | highest point. |
| apologist | one who writes in defense of a cause or institution. |
| apostate | one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs. |
| apothegm | pithy, compact saying. |
| apotheosis | elevation to godhood; and ideal example of something. |
| appellation | name; title. |
| append | attach. |
| apposite | appropriate; fitting. |
| apprise | inform. |
| appurtenances | subordinate possessions. |
| apropos | to the point and timely. With reference to; regarding. |
| aquiline | curved, hooked. |
| arabesque | style of decoration involving intertwined plants and abstract curves; ballet position with one leg supporting the weight of the body, while the other leg is extended in back. |
| arbiter | person with power to decide a matter in dispute; judge. |
| arbitrary | unreasonable or capricious; tyrannical. |
| arboretum | place where different varieties of trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited. |
| arcade | a covered passageway, usually lined with shops. |
| archetype | prototype; primitive pattern. |
| archipelago | group of closely located islands. |
| argot | slang. |
| aria | operatic solo. |
| armada | fleet of warships. |
| arraign | charge in court; indict. |
| arrears | being in debt. |
| arroyo | gully. |
| artifice | deception; trickery. |
| artisan | manually skilled worker; craftsman, as opposed to artist. |
| ascendancy | controlling influence. |
| aseptic | preventing infection; having a cleansing effect. |
| aspersion | slanderous remark. |
| assail | assault. |
| assay | analyze; evaluate. |
| assiduous | diligent. |
| asteroid | small planet. |
| astigmatism | eye defect that prevent proper focus. |
| astral | relating to the stars. |
| astringent | binding; causing contraction; harsh or severe. |
| asunder | into parts; apart. |
| atavism | resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; reversion to an earlier type; throwback. |
| attenuate | make thinner; weaken or lessen (in density, force, degree). |
| attrition | gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in the work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment. |
| audit | examination of accounts. |
| augury | omen; prophecy. |
| aureole | sun's corona; halo. |
| auroral | pertaining to the aurora borealis. |
| auspicious | favoring success. |
| autocratic | having absolute, unchecked power; dictatorial. |
| automaton | mechanism that imitates actions of humans. |
| avarice | greediness for wealth. |
| aver | assert confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally as fact. |
| avid | greedy; eager for. |
| avocation | secondary or minor occupation. |
| axiom | self-evident truth requiring no proof. |
| bacchanalian | drunken. |
| badinage | teasing conversation. |
| bait | harass; tease. |
| baleful | threatening; menacing; sinister; foreshadowing evil. |
| ballast | heavy substance used to add stability or weight. |
| bandy | discuss lightly or glibly; exchange (words) heatedly. |
| baneful | destructive; causing ruin or death. |
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