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GRE_Vocab
Vocab for the GRE
| Question | Answer | Sentence |
|---|---|---|
| abridge | Shorten (a book, movie, speech, or other text) without losing the sense | |
| compendium | A short, complete summary; an abstract | |
| cursory | Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed | |
| curtail | Reduce in extent or quantity; restrict | |
| syllabus | an outline or other brief statement of the main points of a discourse, the subjects of a course of lectures, the contents of a curriculum, etc | |
| synopsis | a brief or condensed statement giving a general view of some subject. | |
| terse | Sparing in the use of words; abrupt | |
| abscond | to leave secretly | The patron ABSCONDED from the restaurant without paying his bill by sneaking out the back door. |
| abstain | to choose not to do something | She ABSTAINED from choosing a mouthwatering dessert from the tray. |
| abyss | an extremely deep hole | The submarine dove into the ABYSS to chart the previously unseen depths. |
| adulterate | to make impure | The chef made his ketchup last longer by ADULTERATING it with water. |
| advocate | to speak in favor of | The vegetarian ADVOCATED a diet containing no meat. |
| aesthetic | concerning the appreciation of beauty | Followers of the AESTHETIC Movement regarded the pursuit of beauty as the only true purpose of art. |
| aggrandize | to increase in power, influence, and reputation | The supervisor sought to AGGRANDIZE herself by claiming that the achievements of her staff were actually her own. |
| alleviate | to make more bearable | Taking aspirin helps to ALLEVIATE a headache. |
| amalgamate | to combine; to mix together | Giant Industries AMALGAMATED with Mega Products to form Giant-Mega Products Incorporated |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain; able to be interpreted several ways | The directions she gave were so AMBIGUOUS that we disagreed on which way to turn. |
| ameliorate | to make better; to improve | The doctor was able to AMELIORATE the patient's suffering using painkillers. |
| anachronism | something out of place in time | The aged hippie used ANACHRONISTIC phrases like groovy and far out that had not been popular for years. |
| analogous | similar or alike in some way; equivalent to | In the Newtonian construct for explaining the existence of God, the universe is ANALOGOUS to a mechanical timepiece, the creation of a divinely intelligent "clockmaker." |
| anomaly | deviation from what is normal | Albino animals may display too great an ANOMALY in their coloring to attract normally colored mates. |
| antagonize | to annoy or provoke to anger | The child discovered that he could ANTAGONIZE the cat by pulling its tail. |
| antipathy | extreme dislike | The ANTIPATHY between the French and the English regularly erupted into open warfare. |
| apathy | lack of interest or emotion | The APATHY of voters is so great that less than half the people who are eligible to vote actually bother to do so. |
| arbitrate | to judge a dispute between two opposing parties | Since the couple could not come to agreement, a judge was forced to ARBITRATE their divorce proceedings. |
| archaic | ancient, old-fashioned | Her ARCHAIC Commodore computer could not run the latest software. |
| ardor | intense and passionate feeling | Bishop's ARDOR for the landscape was evident when he passionately described the beauty of the scenic Hudson Valley. |
| articulate | able to speak clearly and expressively | She is such an ARTICULATE defender of labor that unions are among her strongest supporters. |
| abate | to reduce in amount, degree or severity | As the hurricane's force ABATED, the winds dropped and the sea became calm. |
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