GRE Barrons WL-5

No. Word Root Meaning Word Meaning

1 astral astro stars relating to the stars
2 astringent stringere bind harsh
3 astronomical astro stars enormously large
4 astute ------- ------- wise
5 asunder ------- ------- into parts
6 asylum ------- ------- place of refuge
7 asymmetric meteron measure not symmetrical
resemble to remote ancestors rather than
8 atavism ------- ------- parents
9 atheist theo god one who denies the existence of God
10 atone at one make amends
11 atrocity ------- ------- brutal deed
12 atrophy ------- ------- wasting away
13 attentive ------- ------- alert and watchful
14 attentuate ------- ------- make thinner
15 attest ------- ------- testify
division of the Roman
16 attribute tribus people essential quality
17 attrition terrere to rub gradual decrease in numbers
18 atypical typos impression not normal
19 audacious ------- ------- bold
20 audit audi hear examination of accounts
21 augment augere increase increase
22 augury ------- ------- omen
23 august Roman Emperor Augustus impressive
24 aureole aurum gold halo
25 auroral From the Roman goddess Aurora pertaining to aurora borealis
26 auspicious ------- ------- favouring success
27 austere ------- ------- forbiddingly stern
28 authenticate ------- ------- prove genuine
29 authoritarian augere to create subordinating the individual to the state
30 authoritative augere to create having the weight of authority
31 autocratic auto self having absolute power
mechcanism that initiates actions of the
32 automaton auto self humans
33 autonomos auto self self governing
34 autopsy auto self examination of a dead body
35 auxillary ------- ------- offering or providing help
36 avalanche ------- ------- great mass of falling snow or ice
37 avarice ------- ------- greediness for wealth
38 avenge ------- ------- take vengeance for something
39 aver verus TRUE assert confidently
40 aversion vert turn firm dislike
41 averse vert turn reluctant
42 avert vert turn prevent

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43 aviary avis bird enclosure for birds

44 avid ------- ------- greedy
45 avocation vocare speak minor occupation
46 avow vocare speak declare openly
47 avuncular avunculus uncle like an uncle
48 awe ------- ------- solemn wonder
49 awl ------- ------- pointed tool used for piercing
50 awry ------- ------- distorted
51 axiom ------- ------- self-evident truth requiring no proof
52 azure ------- ------- sky blue
53 babble from the immitation of sound chatter
54 bacchanalian Roman God Bacchus drunken
55 badger from the creature's white head and pester
56 badinage ------- ------- teasing conversation
57 baffle ------- ------- frusturate
58 bait ------- ------- tease
59 baleful ------- ------- threatening
60 balk ------- ------- stop short
heavy substance used to add stability or
61 ballast ------- ------- weight
62 balm ------- ------- something that relieves pain
63 banal ------- ------- commonplace
64 bandy ------- ------- discuss lightly
65 bane ------- ------- curse
66 baneful ------- ------- destructive
67 bantering ------- ------- good natured ridiculing
68 barb ------- ------- openly cutting remark

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