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Barron's GRE word listabase lower; degrade; humiliate; make humble; make(oneself) lose self-respectabash embarrassabate subside or moderateabbreviate shortenabdicate renounce; give up (position, right, orresponsibility)aberrant abnormal or deviantaberration deviation from the normal; mental disorderabet assist usually in doing something wrong; encourageabeyance suspended actionabhor detest; hateabide dwell; abide by: comply with; put up with; tolerate;Ex. abide by the rules; Ex. I can't abide rude people.abject (of a condition) wretched; as low as possible;lacking pride; very humble; showing lack of self-respect; Ex. abjectapologyabjure renounce upon oathablution washingabnegation renunciation; self-sacrifice; self-abnegationabode dwelling place; homeabolish cancel; put an end toabominable detestable; extremely unpleasantabominate loathe; hateaboriginal being the first of its kind in a region; primitive;native; indigenous; N. aborigineabortive unsuccessful; fruitlessabrasive rubbing away; tending to grind downabridge condense or shortenabrogate abolishabscission cutting off; separationabscond depart secretly and hideabsolute complete; totally unlimited; having complete power;certain; not relative; Ex. absolute honesty/ruler; CF. absolutismabsolve pardon (an offense)abstain refrain; withhold from participation; intentionallynot use one's vote;abstemious sparing in eating and drinking; temperateabstinence restraint from pleasant things, esp. eating ordrinking; CF. abstention: act of abstaining from voteabstract theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentationalabstruse obscure; profound; difficult to understandabusive coarsely insulting; physically harmfulabut border upon; adjoinabysmal bottomlessabyss enormous chasm; vast bottomless pitacademic related to a school; not practical or directlyusefulaccede agreeaccelerate move fasteraccessible easy to approach; obtainableaccessory additional object; useful but not essential thingacclaim applaud; praise; greet with great approval; announcewith great approval; Ex. The new drung has been acclaimed as the mostimportant discoveries for years; N: strong expression of approval andpraiseacclimate adjust to climate or environment; adaptacclivity sharp upslope of a hill; OP. declivityaccolade award of merit; strong praise and approval

accommodate oblige or help someone; adjust or bring intoharmony; adapt; make enough space for; ADJ. accommodative; CF.accomodating: helpful and obligingaccomplice partner in crimeaccord agreementaccost approach and speak first to a personaccoutre equip; N. accoutrementaccretion growth or increase in size by gradual addition;growth; increase; increase by natural growth; Ex. towers and otheraccretions of the castle; V. accreteaccrue come to one as a gain; accumulate over time; comeabout by addition; Ex. benefits that accrue from scientific research;Ex. interest accruing in a bank account; N. accrualacerbity bitterness of speech and temper; ADJ. acerbic:bitter; acrid (in taste, manner, or tone)acetic vinegaryacidulous slightly sour (in taste or manner); sharp; causticacknowledge recognize; admitacme peak; pinnacle; highest pointacne skin disease (on the face)acoustics science of sound; quality that makes a room easy orhard to hear inacquiesce assent; agree passively; comply without protestacquittal deliverance from a charge; V. acquit: free from acharge or accusation; discharge from a duty; conduct (oneself) in aspecified manneracrid bitter (to the taste or smell); sharp; bitterlypungentacrimonious stinging; caustic; bitter in words or manner; N.acrimony: bitter ill-natured animosity in speech or behavioracrophobia fear of heightsactuarial calculating; pertaining to insurance statisticsactuary someone who advises insurance companiesactuate motivate; activate; cause to actacuity sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)acumen mental keenness; sharpness of judgment; ability tojudge quickly and well; Ex. business acumenacute (of the senses) sharp; quickly perceptive; keen;penetrating; brief and severe; Ex. acute sense of smell/analysis/painadage wise saying; proverbadamant hard; inflexibleadapt make or become suitable for a specific use; alter;modify; adjust; N. adaptation: act of adapting; composition recastinto a new form; Ex. The play is an adaption of a short novel.addendum addition; appendix to book; something that is added(as at the end of a speech or book)addiction compulsive habitual needaddle make or become confused; muddle; drive crazy; becomerotten (egg)address direct a speech to; speak to; deal with or discuss;direct one's efforts or attention to; make with a destination; N:formal speechadept expert at; very skilledadhere stick fast; be a devotd follower; N. adhesion:adhering; devotion; loyalityadherent supporter; followeradjacent adjoining; neighboring; close byadjoin be next toadjourn suspend until a later time; move from one place toanother

adjunct something attached to but holding an inferiorpositionadjuration solemn urging; V. adjure: entreat earnestly; enjoinsolemnlyadjutant staff officer assisting the commander; assistantadmonish warn or speak to with gentle disapproval; reproveadore love deeply and respect highlyadorn decorateadroit skillful (in using mind or hand)adulation flattery; admiration that is more than is necessaryor deservedadulterate make impure or of poorer quality by adding inferioror tainted(contaminated) substancesAdvent arrivaladventitious accidental; casual; happening by chanceadversary opponent; enemyadverse going against; opposing; unfavorable; hostileadversity great hardship or affliction; misfortune; calamitouseventadvert referadvocacy support; active pleading on behalf of someone orsomethingadvocate speak in favor of; support (an idea or plan); urge;plead foraegis shield; protection; defenseaerie(aery,eyrie,eyry) nest of a large bird of preyaesthetic artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciatingthe beautiful (of a person or building); CF. aesthete; CF. aestheticsaffable easily approachable; easy to talk to; warmlyfriendlyaffected artificial; pretendedaffidavit written statement made under oath (for use as proofin a court of law)affiliation joining; associating withaffinity feeling of kinship; similarity; Ex. strong affinityfor her; Ex. many affinities between two languagesaffirmation positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge byone who refuses to take an oath; V. affirm; ADJ. affirmative; CF.affirmative action: positive discriminationaffliction state of distress; trial; cause of distress orsuffering; V. afflict: inflict grievous suffering onaffluence abundance; wealthaffront insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect; V:insult or hurt the feelings of intentionallyafterlife life after death; later part of one's lifeagape openmouthedagenda items of business at a meetingagglomeration collection; heap; V. agglomerate: gather into arounded mass; N. aggolmeate: jumbled mass; heapaggrandize make greater; increase in power, wealth, rank, orhonor; N. aggrandizementaggregate sum; total; ADJ. V: gather into a mass or whole;accumulate; add up to; Ex. aggregate 100 dollarsaghast filled with great surprise or fear; horrifiedagility nimbleness; ability to move quicklyagitate stir up; disturbagnostic one who is skeptical of the existence or knowabilityof a god or any ultimate realityagog highly excited; intensely curiousagrarian pertaining to land or its cultivation; Ex. agrarianreform