Vocab from GRE Study Materials Site Flashcards
(85 cards)
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abacus
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frame with balls for calculating
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abate
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to lessen
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abdication
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giving up power
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abberataion
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straying away from normal
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abet
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to encourage wrong doing
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abeyance
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suspend action
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abhor
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to hate
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abjure
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to promise to give up
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abraded
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worn away by friction
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abrogate
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to take back by authority
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abscond
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to run from the law
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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abut
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to border
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abysmal
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bottomless
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acarpous
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no longer fertile
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acclaimed
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praised
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accolade
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praise
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accretion
A
many things to one
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adamant
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stubborn
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admonitory
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containing warning
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adorn
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to add beauty
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adulteration
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making unpure
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affable
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friendly
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affinity
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close conncection
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aggravate
to make worse
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agile
quick-moving
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agog
eager
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ail
to be sick
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alacrity
eager rediness
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alcove
a partially enclosed place
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allegiance
loyalty
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alleviate
to make less
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alloy
to mix with something inferior
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alloof
indifferent
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amalgamate
to combine
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ambivilant
having different meanings
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ameliorate
to make better
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amortize
to end by setting aside money
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anguish
severe suffering
40
animosity
hate
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antidote
medicine to cure disease
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antithetical
direct opposite
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apartheid
brutal racial discrimination
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aplomb
self confidence
45
apostate
one who abandons beliefs
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apotheosis
glorification to godlniess
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appease
to calm
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apprehensive
feeling fear of the future
49
apprise
to inform
50
approbation
approval
51
apropos
appropriate to the situation
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apt
well-suited
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arabesque
a complex ornate design
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aboreal
related to trees
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ardor
enthusiasm
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arduous
laborious
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argot
jargon
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arrant
in the highest degree
59
articualte
to speak distinctly
60
ascend
to move up
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ascertaub
to get to know
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ascetic
practicing self-denial
63
ascribe
to consider to be the origin
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aceptic
surgically clean
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asperity
harshness
66
apersion
slander
67
assail
to attack violently
68
assiduous
hard-working
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assuage
to make less
70
asterisk
substitution mark
71
astringent
substance that shrinks
72
astute
clever
73
atonement
repayment
74
attenutate
to make thin
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attune
to bring into harmony
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audacious
bold
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augury
omen
78
august
majestic
79
auspicious
favorable
80
austere
severely moral
81
auxiallary
supporting
82
aver
to prove
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averstion
strong dislike
84
avid
eager
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avow
declare openly
