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GRE Frequently Used Words

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abacus
frames with balls for calculating
abate
to lessen in intensity or degree
abdication
to relinquish (power or responsibility) formally
aberration
straying away/different from what is normal
abet
to approve, encourage, and support; urge and help on
abeyance
condition of being temporarily set aside; suspension
abhor
to hate, to detest
abide
be faithful, to endure
abjure
to renounce under oath, forswear
abraded
to wear down or rub away by friction
abrogate
repeal or annul by authority
abscond
to leave quickly and secretly (to avoid arrest)
abstruse
difficult to comprehend obscure
abut
to touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
abysmal
bottomless extreeme
acclaimed
to praise enthusiastically and often publicly; applaud
accolade
praise, approval
accretion
increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion
acumen
quick, keen, or accurate knowledge or insight
adamant
impervious to pleas, appeals, or reason; stubbornly unyielding
admonitory
containing warning
adorn
to add beauty, decorate
adulation
excessive praising and intense adoration
adulteration
making impure poor in quality, to corrupt
aesthetic
of or concerning the appreciate of beauty or good taste
affable
polite and friendly
affinity
close connection and relationship
aggrandize
to make larger or greater in power
aggravate
make worse, irritate
agile
active, quick-moving
agog
full of keen anticipation or excitement; eager
ail
to feel ill or have pain
alacrity
eager and cheerful readiness
alchemy
a medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals
alcove
a recess or partially enclose place
allegiance
duty to, support, loyalty
alleviate
make (pain) easier to bear
alloy
to debase by mixing with something inferioer
aloof
reserved, indifferent
amalgamate
mix, to combine several elements into a whole
ambidextrous
able to use the left hand or the right hand equally well
ambiguous
doubtful, uncertain
ambivalent
characterized by a minute of opposite feelings or attitudes
ameliorate
improve, make better or more tolerable
amenable
agreeable; responsive to suggestion
amortize
end (a debt) by setting aside money, repay
anachronism
something chronologically out of order
anguish
severe suffering
animosity
strong dislike
anomalous
irregular, deviating from the norm
antidote
medicine used against a poison or a disease
antipathy
dislike, hostility, extreme opposition or aversion
antithetical
being in diametrical opposition
apartheid
brutal racial discrimination

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