Gre Vocab A

Question 1

Abase

Answer 1

Degrade or humiliate someone or oneself

Question 2

Abeyance

Answer 2

In a state of disuse or suspension

Question 3

Abreast

Answer 3

1. Up to date with last news, ideas, or information (adjective)
2. Side by side and facing forward (adverb)

Question 4

Abscission

Answer 4

The natural detachment of parts of a plant. Typically fruits, leaves, etc

Question 5

Abscond

Answer 5

To leave secretely and hurriedly, typically to avoid detection or arrest

Question 6

Abyss

Answer 6

1. Adeep or seemingly bottomless chasm
2. A catastrophic situation seen as likely to occur

Question 7

Accede

Answer 7

1. To agree to a demand, request or treaty
2. To assume a position of power or responsibility
   Normally under some sort of pressure

Question 8

Accretion

Answer 8

The process of gradual growth or increase, typocally by accumulation of additional layers of matter

Question 9

Acerbic

Answer 9

1. Sharp and forthright, espzcially in speech or tone
   (Normally quite critical)

Question 10

Acidulous

Answer 10

1. Slightly sour in taste or manner, sharp or cutting in tone

Question 11

Acumen

Answer 11

1. Ability to make good judgements and quick decisions, typically in a particular domain

Question 12

Adulterate

Answer 12

To render something poorer in quality by adding another substance, typically an inferior one

Question 13

Adumbrate

Answer 13

To foreshadow or suggest smth in a vague or partial manner

Often used in political writings as “the social unrest that adumbrated the french revolution”

Question 14

Aerie

Answer 14

1. A large nest of a bird of prey, especially an eagle, built high in a tree or on a cliff
2. A high or secluded place, often referring to a dwelling

Question 15

Albeit

Answer 15

Although

Question 16

Aloof

Answer 16

Cool and distant

Question 17

Amalgamate

Answer 17

To combine or unite to form one structure or organization (like to.merge)

Question 18

Ameliorate

Answer 18

Improve something

Question 19

Anachronism

Answer 19

Something that is not in its correct historical or chronological time

Question 20

Analgesia

Answer 20

The inability to feel pain while still conscious

Question 21

Annul

Answer 21

To declare invalid, especially in legal or formal contexts

Question 22

Anodyne

Answer 22

1. A medicine or drug that relieves pain
2. Something inoffensive or unlikely to provoke strong reactions

Question 23

Antedate

Answer 23

To come before something in time

Question 24

Antithetical

Answer 24

Directly opposed or contrasted, mutually incompatible

Question 25

Apostate

Answer 25

A person who renounces a remigious or political belief or principle

Question 26

Appropriate

Answer 26

1. To take something for one's own use, typicammy without permission 2. Suitable or proper in the circumstances

Question 27

Arbiter

Answer 27

A person who has the authority to settle disputes or decide matters

Question 28

Ardent

Answer 28

Enthusiastic or passionate

Question 29

Arrogate

Answer 29

To take or claim something without justification

Question 30

Ascribe

Answer 30

To attribute something to a cause, person or source

Question 31

Aseptic

Answer 31

Free from contamination or infection, sterile (adjective)

Question 32

Asperity

Answer 32

1. Harshness or severity in tone or manner 2. Roughness or unevenness of a surface

Question 33

Asperity

Answer 33

1. Harshness or severity in tone or manner 2. Roughness or unevenness of a surface

Question 34

Aspersions

Answer 34

An attack on the reputation or intergrity of someone or something (Often false or misleading)

Question 35

Assail

Answer 35

To attack violently, either physically or verbally

Question 36

Assiduous

Answer 36

Showing great care, attention and efforr, diligent

Question 37

Assiduous

Answer 37

Showing great care, attention and effort; diligent

Question 38

Attenuate

Answer 38

1. To reduce the force, effect, or value of something 2. To make something weaker or thinner

Question 39

Attuned

Answer 39

Being receptive or responsive to something ; in harmony with

Question 40

Augury

Answer 40

1. A sign or omen of what will happen in the future

Question 41

August

Answer 41

1. Respected and impressive; marked by dignity and grandeur

Question 42

Avarice

Answer 42

Extreme greed for wealth and material gain

Question 43

Axiom

Answer 43

A statement or proposition regarded as self-evidently true