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GRE Word List 01
source: http://www.graduateshotline.com/list.html
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| abet | help/encourage somebody (in doing wrong) |
| abeyance | suspended action |
| abjure | promise or swear to give up |
| abraded | worn away by friction |
| abrogate | repeal or annul by authority |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend; obscure |
| abut | border on |
| acarpous | effete; no longer fertile; worn out |
| accretion | an increase by natural growth or addition; accumulation |
| accrue | accumulate |
| agog | eager, excited |
| ambivalent | having two contrasting meanings |
| ambrosial | extremely pleasing to taste |
| amortize | end a debt by setting aside money |
| apostate | one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions |
| apotheosis | deification |
| apprise | give notice, to inform |
| apropos | apt |
| arabesque | an ornament that interlaces simulated foliage in an intricate design |
| arboreal | of or relating to or formed by trees |
| ardor | enthusiasm |
| argot | jargon, slang |
| arrant | thorough or downright |
| ascribe | attribute or credit to |
| aseptic | surgically clean |