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GRE Words #1
"A" Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abate (verb) | to decrease; reduce |
| Aberrant (adj) | deviating from the norm |
| Abdicate (verb) | to give up a position, right, or power |
| Abeyance (noun) | temporary suppression or suspension |
| Abject (adj) | miserable; pitiful |
| Abscission (noun) | the act of cutting; the natural separation of a leaf or other part of a plant |
| Adjunct (noun) | something added, attached, or joined |
| Abjure (verb) | to reject; abandon formally |
| Abscond(verb) | to depart secretly |
| Abstemious (adj) | moderate in appetite |
| Abstinence (noun) | the giving up of certain pleasures |
| Abysmal (adj) | very bad |
| Aberration (noun) | something different from the usual or normal |
| Accrue (verb) | to accumulate; grow by additions |
| Adamant (adj) | uncompromising; unyielding |
| Admonish (verb) | to caution or reprimand |
| Adulterate (verb) | to corrupt or make impure |
| Aesthetic (adj) | relating to beauty or art |
| Aesthetic (noun) | a conception of what is artistically beautiful |
| Affected (adj) | pretentious, phony |
| Affinity (noun) | fondness; liking; similarity |
| Aggrandize (verb) | to increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige |
| Aggregate (adj) | amounting to a whole; total |
| Aggregate (noun) | collective mass or sum |
| Aggregate (verb) | to collect into a mass |
| Alacrity (noun) | cheerful willingness; eagerness; speed |
| Alchemy (noun) | A medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals, esp. base metals into gold |
| Allay (verb) | to lessen; ease; soothe |
| Alleviate (verb) | to relieve; improve partially |
| Alloy (verb) | to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior (unalloyed means pure) |
| Alloy (noun) | a combination; a mixture of two or more metals |
| Allure (noun) | the power to entice by charm |
| Allure (verb) | to entire by charm (adj form: alluring) |
| Amalgamate (verb) | to combine into a unified whole |
| Ambiguous (adj) | unclear or doubtful in meaning |
| Ambivalence (noun) | the state of having conflicting emotional attitudes |
| Ambivalent (adj) | state of having conflicting emotional attitudes |
| Ambrosia (noun) | something delicious; the food of the gods |
| Ambrosial (adj) | something delicious; the food of the gods |
| Ameliorate (verb) | to make better or more tolerable |
| Amenable (adj) | agreeable; cooperative; suited |
| Amenity (noun) | something that increases comfort |
| Amulet (noun) | ornament worn as a charm against evil spirits |
| Anachronism (noun) | something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context |
| Analgesic (noun) | medication that reduces or eliminates pain |
| Analog (noun) | something that is compared to something else |
| Analogous (adj) | comparable |
| Analogy (noun) | a similarity in some ways between things that are otherwise dissimilar |
| Anarchic (adj) | lacking order or control |
| Anarchism (noun) | the theory that all forms of government are oppressive and should be abolished |
| Anarchy (noun) | absence of government; state of disorder |
| Anodyne (adj) | relaxing, or capable of soothing |
| Anodyne (noun) | something that calms or soothes pain |
| Anomaly (noun) | irregular; deviating from the norm |
| Antecedent (noun) | something that comes before |
| Antediluvian (adj) | prehistoric |
| Antipathy (noun) | dislike; hostility |
| Apathetic (adj) | indifference |
| Apathy (noun) | indifference |
| Apex (noun) | the highest point |
| Apogee (noun) | farthest or highest point; culmination; zenith |
| Apothegm (noun) | witty saying |
| Appease (verb) | to claim; pacify; placate |
| Appellation (noun) | name |
| Apposite (adj) | strikingly appropriate and relevant |
| Apprise (verb) | to inform |
| Apropos (adj) | relevant |
| Arabesque (noun) | ornate design featuring intertwined curves |
| Archeology (noun) | the study of material evidence of past human life |
| Ardor (noun) | great emotion or passion |
| Argot (noun) | a specialized vocabulary used by a group |
| Arrest (verb) | to stop; to seize |
| Artifact (noun) | item made by human craft |
| Artless (adj) | guileless; natural |
| Ascetic (adj) | self-denying or austere |
| Ascetic (noun) | one who practices self-denial |
| Asceticism (noun) | self-denial |
| Asperity (noun) | severity; harshness; irritability |
| Assiduous (adj) | diligent; hard-working |
| Assuage (verb) | to make less severe |
| Astringent (adj) | harsh; severe |
| Asylum (noun) | place of refuge or shelter |
| Attenuate (verb) | to weaken |
| Atavism (noun) | in biology, the reappearance of a characteristic in an organism after several generations of abstinence; return of a trait after a period of absence |
| Audacious (adj) | bold; daring |
| Austere (adj) | without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic |
| Autonomous (adj) | self-governing; independent |
| Avarice (noun) | greed |
| Aver (verb) | to affirm; declare to be true |
| Avocation (noun) | secondary occupation |
| Avuncular (adj) | like an uncle, benevolent and tolerant |
| Axiomatic (adj) | taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth |
| Appropriate (verb) | to take possession for one's own use; confiscate |
| Archaic (adj) | outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time |
| Arduous (adj) | extremely difficult; laborious |
| Aspersion (noun) | slander; false rumor |
| Axiom (noun) | a universally recognized principle |
| Accolade (noun) | an expression of praise |
| Accretion (noun) | growth in size or increase in amount |
| Approbation (noun) | an expression of approval or praise |
| Acerbic (adj) | having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting |
| Adulation (noun) | excessive praise; intense adoration |
| Anomalous (adj) | irregular; deviating from the norm |
| Apostate (noun) | one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions |
| Augury (noun) | omen, portent |
| August (adj) | majestic, venerable |
| Asserverate (verb) | to aver, allege, or assert |
| Adumbrate (verb) | to foreshadow vaguely or intimate; to suggest or outline sketchily; to obscure or overshadow |
| Acumen (noun) | keen, accurate judgement or insight |
| Anathema (noun) | a solemn or religious curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing |
| Apotheosis (noun) | deification; glorification to godliness; an exalted example; a model of excellence or perfection |
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