Gre Vocab

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Abase

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to humble, disgrace

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Abate

Back 2

to reduce in amount, degree or severity

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Abdicate

Back 3

to give up a position, right or power

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Aberrant

Back 4

deviating from what is normal or expected

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Abeyance

Back 5

temporary suppression or suspension

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Abjure

Back 6

to reject, abandon formally

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Abscond

Back 7

to leave secretly, sneak away

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Abstain

Back 8

to choose not to do something

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Abstemious

Back 9

moderate in appetite

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Abyss

Back 10

an extremely deep hole

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Accretion

Back 11

a growth in size, an increase in amount

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Acidulous

Back 12

sour taste or manner

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Acme

Back 13

highest point, summit, the highest level or degree attainable

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Adulterate

Back 14

to make impure

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Advocate

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to speak in favor of

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Aerie

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a nest built high in the air; an elevated, often secluded dwelling

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aesthetic

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concerning the appreciation of beauty

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affected

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phony, artificial

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aggrandize

Back 19

to increase in power, influence and reputation

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alacrity

Back 20

promptness, cheerful readiness

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alleviate

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to ease, to make more bearable

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amalgamation

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a merger, uniting of elements

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ambiguous

Back 23

doubtful or uncertain; can be interpreted several ways

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ameliorate

Back 24

to make better; to improve

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amortize

Back 25

to diminish by installment payments

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amulet

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ornament worm as a charm against evil spirits

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anachronism

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something out of place in time

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analgesia

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a lessening of pain without loss of consciousness

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analogous

Back 29

similar or alike in some way; equivalent to

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anodyne

Back 30

something that calms or soothes pain

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anomaly

Back 31

deviation from what is normal

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antagonize

Back 32

to annoy or provoke to anger

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antipathy

Back 33

extreme dislike

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apathy

Back 34

lack of interest or emotion

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apocryphal

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of questionable authority or authenticity

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Apostate

Back 36

one who renounces a religious faith

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approbation

Back 37

approval and praise

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arbitrary

Back 38

determined by chance or impulse

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arbitrate

Back 39

to judge a dispute between two opposing parties

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archaic

Back 40

ancient; old fashioned

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ardor

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intense and passionate feeling

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arrogate

Back 42

to claim without justification; to claim for oneself without right

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articulate

Back 43

able to speak clearly and expressively

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assail

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to attack, assault

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assuage

Back 45

to make something unpleasant less severe

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attenuate

Back 46

to reduce in force or in degree; to weaken

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audacious

Back 47

fearless and daring

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augury

Back 48

prophecy; prediction of events

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august

Back 49

dignified, grandiose

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austere

Back 50

severe or stern in appearance; undecorated

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axiom

Back 51

premise; postulate; self-evident truth

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banal

Back 52

predictable; cliched, boring

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belfry

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bell tower; room in which a bell is hung

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bevy

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group

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bifurcate

Back 55

divide into two parts

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bilk

Back 56

to cheat, defraud

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blight

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to afflict; to destroy

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blithe

Back 58

joyful, cheerful or without appropriate thought

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bolster

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to support; to prop up

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bombastic

Back 60

pompous in speech and manner

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bonhomie

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good-natured geniality; atmosphere of a good cheer

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boor

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crude person, one lacking manners or taste

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burgeon

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to grow and flourish

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burnish

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to polish

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cabal

Back 65

a secret group seeking to overturn something

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cacophony

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harsh, jarring noise

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calumny

Back 67

a false and malicious accusation; misrepresentation

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canard

Back 68

a lie

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candid

Back 69

impartial and honest speech

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capricious

Back 70

changing one's mind quickly and often

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cartography

Back 71

science or art of making maps

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castigate

Back 72

to punish or criticize harshly

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catalyst

Back 73

something that brings about a change in something else

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catholic

Back 74

universal; broad and comprehensive

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caustic

Back 75

biting in wit

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chaos

Back 76

great disorder or confused situation

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chauvinist

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someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs

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chicanery

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deception by means of craft or guile

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circumspect

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cautious, aware of potential consequences

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cloying

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sickly sweet; excessive

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coalesce

Back 81

to grow together to form a single whole

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coffer

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strongbox; large chest for money

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cogent

Back 83

convincing and well-reasoned

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collusion

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collaboration, complicity, conspiracy

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condone

Back 85

to overlook, to pardon, to disregard