Gre Vocabulary

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aberrant:

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Markedly different from an accepted norm

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aberration:

Back 2

Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.

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abet:

Back 3

To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense).

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abeyance:

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A state of suspension or temporary inaction.

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abjure:

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To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath.

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ablution:

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A washing or cleansing, especially of the body

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abrogate:

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To abolish, repeal.

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abscond:

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To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest.

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abstemious:

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Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food.

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abstruse:

Back 10

Dealing with matters difficult to be understood.

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abut:

Back 11

To touch at the end or boundary line

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accede:

Back 12

To agree

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acquiesce:

Back 13

To comply; submit.

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acrid:

Back 14

Harshly pungent or bitter.

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acumen:

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Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination.

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adage:

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An old saying.

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adamant:

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Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability.

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admonition:

Back 18

Gentle reproof.

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adumbrate:

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To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem.

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affable:

Back 20

Easy to approach.

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aggrandize:

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To cause to appear greatly

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aggravate:

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To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome.

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agile:

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Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally.

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agog:

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In eager desire.

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alacrity:

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Cheerful willingness.

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alcove:

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A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room.

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alleviate:

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To make less burdensome or less hard to bear.

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aloof:

Back 28

Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others

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amalgamate:

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To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body.

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ambidextrous:

Back 30

Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease.

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ambiguous:

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Having a double meaning.

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ameliorate:

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To relieve, as from pain or hardship

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anathema:

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Anything forbidden, as by social usage.

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animadversion:

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The utterance of criticism or censure.

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animosity:

Back 35

Hatred.

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antediluvian:

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Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.

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antidote:

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Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like.