GRE Vocabulary 1
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- abet
- assist, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
- abeyance
- suspended action
- abject
- wretched; lacking pride
- ablution
- washing
- abnegation
- renunciation; self-sacrifice
- abstemious
- sparing in eating/drinking; temperate
- abstinence
- restraint from eating/drinking
- abut
- border upon; adjoin
- accede
- to agree
- accost
- approach and speak first to a person
- accoutre
- equip
- acrid
- sharp; bitterly pungent
- acrimonious
- bitter in words/manner
- actuate
- motivate
- addle
- muddle; drive crazy; become rotten
- adjunct
- something added on/attached
- adjuration
- solemn urging
- adjutant
- staff officer assisting the commander; assistant
- adventitious
- accidental; casual
- advert
- refer to
- aegis
- shield; defense
- aerie
- nest of a large bird of prey
- affected
- artificial; pretended; assumed in order to impress
- affix
- to attach/add on; fasten
- affront
- insult; offense
- agape
- openmouthed
- agglomeration
- collection
- agog
- highly excited; intensely curious
- alcove
- nook; recess
- alimentary
- supplying nourishment
- alimony
- payments made to ex-spouse after divorce
- alluvial
- pertaining to soil deposits left by running water
- aloof
- apart; reserved
- aloft
- upward
- amble
- moving at an easy pace
- ambrosia
- food of the gods
- ambulatory
- able to walk; not bedridden
- amiss
- wrong; faulty
- amok
- in a state of rage
- analgesic
- causing insensitivity to pain
- ancillary
- serving as aid/accessory; auxiliary
- angular
- sharp-cornered; stiff in manner
- animadversion
- critical remark
- animus
- hostile feeling
- annals
- records/history
- anneal
- reduce brittleness; improve toughness by heating/cooling
- anoint
- consecrate
- antecede
- precede
- antediluvian
- antiquated; extremely ancient
- anthropoid
- manlike
- anthropomorphic
- having human form/chars
- antic
- extravagantly odd
- anticlimax
- letdown in thought/emotion
- antiseptic
- substance that prevents infection
- anvil
- iron block used in hammering out metals
- ape
- mimic
- aphasia
- loss of speech due to injury/illness
- aphorism
- pithy maxim, saying
- apiary
- place where bees are kept
- aplomb
- poise, assurance
- apolitical
- having lack of concern for political affairs
- apologist
- one who writes in defense of a cause or institution
- apothegm
- pithy, compact saying
- application
- diligent attention
- apprehend
- arrest (criminal); dread; perceive
- appurtenances
- subordinate possessions
- apropos
-
to the point, timely;
w/ reference to; regarding - aquiline
- curved, hooked
- arbitrary
- unreasonable, capricious; tyrannical
- arboretum
- place where different varieties of trees, shrubs are studied and exhibited
- arcade
- covered passageway, usually lined w/ shops
- argot
- slang
- arraign
- charge in court; indict
- array
-
marshal; draw up in order
clothe; adorn - arrears
- being in debt
- arroyo
- gully, channel in the earth
- arsenal
- storage place for military equipment
- artifice
- deception, trickery
- ascendancy
- controlling influence
- aseptic
- preventing infection
- asinine
- stupid
- askance
- with a sideways/indirect look
- aspirant
- seeker after position/status
- assail
- assault
- assay
- analyze; evaluate
- astigmatism
- eye defect that prevents proper focus
- astute
- wise, shrewd, keen
- asunder
- into parts; apart
- atavism
- resemblance to remote ancestors; reversion to earlier type; throwback
- attrition
- gradual decrease in numbers; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment
- aureole
- sun's corona; halo
- automaton
- mechanism that imitates actions of humans
- averse
- reluctant
- avert
- prevent; turn away
- avocation
- secondary occupation
- avow
- to declare openly
- avuncular
- like an uncle
- awl
- pointed tool used for piercing
- bacchanalian
- drunken
- badinage
- teasing conversation
- balk
- stop short; foil
- ballast
- heavy substance used to add stability/weight
- balmy
- mild; fragrant
- bandy
- discuss lightly; exchange words heatedly
- barb
- sharp projection from fishhook/other object; openly cutting remark