GRE Top 200 Words
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| Abate | reduce in amount/degree/severity
Ebb Moderate Subside Lapse Relent Wane Let up Slacken
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| Abscond | to leave secretly
Decamp Escape Flee
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| Abstain | choose not to do something
Forbear Refrain Withhold
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| Abyss | very deep hole
Abyssal: pertaining to great depth
Abysmal: extremely bad
Chasm Void
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| Adulterate | make impure
Unadulterated: pure
Adultery: affair
Doctor
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| Advocate | speak in favor of
Advocacy: active support for
Back Champion Support
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| Aesthetic | concerning appreciation of beauty
Aesthete: someone unusually sensitive to beauty
Aestheticism: concern with beauty
Artistic Tasteful
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| Aggrandize | increase in power/influence/reputation
Amplify Dignify Ennoble Magnify Wax Apotheosize Elevate Exalt Swell Augment Enlarge Glorify Uplift
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| Alleviate | make more bearable
Allay Ease Mitigate Assuage Lessen Palliate Comfort Lighten Relieve
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| Amalgamate | to combine/mix together
Amalgam: a mixture, esp. of 2 metals
Admix Commingle Fuse Merge Blend Commix Intermingle Mingle Combine Compound Intermix Mix
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| Ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain; able to be interpreted several ways
Ambiguity: quality of being ambiguous
Cloudy Equivocal Obscure Doubtful Nebulous Unclear Dubious Indeterminate Vague
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| Ameliorate | to make better; to improve
Amend Pacify Better Upgrade Improve
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| Anachronism | something out of place in time
Archaism Incongruity
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| Analogous | similar/alike insome was; equivalent to
Analogy: similarity between things otherwise dissimilar
Analogue: something similar in some way to something else
Alike Equivalent Similar Comparable Homogeneous Corresponding Parallel
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| Anomaly | deviation from the norm
Anomalous: deviating from the norm
Abberance Deviance Preternaturalness Abberation Deviation
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| Antagonize | annoy/provoke to anger
Antagonistic: tending to provoke conflict
Antagonist: someone who fights another
Clash Irritate Provoke Conflict Oppose Vex
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| Antipathy | extreme dislike
Animosity Aversion Repellence Animus Enmity
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| Apathy | lack of interest/emotion
Coolness Impassivity Lassitude Phlegm Unresponsiveness Disinterest Indifference Lethargy Stolidity Disregard Insensibility Listlessness Unconcern
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| Arbitrate | judge a dispute between two opposing parties
Arbitration: process to resolve a conflict
Arbitrator: a judge
Adjudge Determine Referee Adjudicate Judge Rule Decide Moderate
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| Archaic | ancient/old-fashioned
Archaism: outdated word or phrase
Ancient Bygone Fusty Outdated Prehistoric Superseded Antediluvian Dated Obsolete Outmoded Stale Vintage Antique Dowdy Old-fashioned Passe Superannuated
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| Ardor | intense and passionate feeling
Ardent: expressing ardor/ passionate
Devotion Fervidity Fire Zealousness Enthusiasm Fervidness Passion Fervency Fervor Zeal
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| Articulate | able to speak clearly and expressively
Eloquent Lucid Expressive Silver-tongued Fluent Smooth-spoken
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| Assuage | to make something unpleasant less severe
Allay Comfort Lighten Pacify Propitiate Sweeten Alleviate Conciliate Mitigate Palliate Relieve
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| Attenuate | reduce in force or degree/ to weaken
Debilitate Enervate Sap Undo Weaken Devitalize Enfeeble Thin Unnerve Dilute Rarefy Undermine Water
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| Audacious | fearless and daring
Audacity: quality of being audacious
Adventuresome Bold Daring Fearless Heroic Plucky Unafraid Valorous Aggressive Brave Dauntless Gallant Intrepid Stout Undaunted Venturesome
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| Audacious, con'd. | fearless and daring
Audacity: quality of being audacious
Assertive Courageous Doughty Game Mettlesome Stouthearted Valiant Venturous
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| Austere | severe or stern in appearance/undecorated
Austerity: severity/especially poverty
Bleak Hard Dour Harsh Grim Severe
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| Banal | predictable, cliched, boring
Banality: quality of being banal
Bland Commonplace Innocuous Musty Quotidian Stereotypic Tired Worn-out Bromidic Fatuous Insipid Platitudinous Shopworn Threadbare Trite
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| Banal, cont'd. | predictable, cliched, boring
Banality: quality of being banal
Cliched Hackneyed Jejune Prosaic Stale Timeworn Vapid
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| Bolster | to support, to prop up
Brace Support Uphold Buttress Sustain Prop Underpin
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| Bombastic | pompous in speech and manner
Bombast: pompous speech or writing
Bloated Grandiloquent Magniloquent Rhetorical Declamatory Grandiose Orotund Self-important Fustian High-flown Pretentious
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| Cacophany | harsh, jarring noise
Discord Noise Chaos Clamor Disharmony Din
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| Candid | impartial and honest in speech
Direct Honest Straight Forthright Open Straightforward Frank Sincere Undisguised
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| Capricious | changing one's mind quickly and often
Caprice: whim, sudden fancy
Arbitrary Erratic Mercurial Willful Chance Fickle Random Changeable Inconstant Whimsical
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| Castigate | to punish or criticize harshly
Admonish Rebuke Reprove Upbraid Chastise Reprimand Scold Chide Reproach Tax
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| Catalyst | something that brings about a change in something else
Catalyze: to bring about a change in something else
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| Caustic | Biting in wit
Acerbic Trenchant Biting Mordant
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| Chaos | great disorder or confusion
Chaotic: jumbled, confused
Clutter Disarray Disorganization Muddle Topsy-turviness Confusion Disorder Jumble Scramble Turmoil
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| Chaos, cont'd. | great disorder or confusion
Chaotic: jumbled, confused
Disarrangement Disorderliness Mess Snarl
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