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500+ Practice GRE Vocabulary Wordsabase - (v.) to humiliate, cause to feel shame; (v.) to hurt the pride of
abash - (v.) to embarrass; to cause to be embarrassed
abate - (v.) to make less active or intense; (v.) to become less in intensity
abdicate - (v.) to give up power
aberration - (n.) an aberrant state or condition; (n.) a disorder in a person's mental
state; an optical phenomenon which results from the failure of a mirror or lens to
produce a good image
abet - (v.) to assist or encourage, , often in the case of wrongdoing; (v.) to support,
uphold, or maintain; (v.) to contribute to the commission of an offense
abeyance - (n.) a temporary suspension or cessation; (n.) a temporary suppression
abhor - (v.) to find repugnant, or to shrink back with dislike or horror
abjure - (v.) to reject something; (v.) to retract an oath; (v.) to recant
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aboriginal - (n.) an original inhabitant of any land; (n.) an animal or plant native to
the region
abortive - (adj.) failing to accomplish an original intent or goal; (adj.) imperfectly
formed or developed; (n.) something that is born prematurely; (adj.) made from
the skin of a still-born animal
abscond - (v.) to run away, often taking someone or something along; (v.) to hide,
withdraw or be concealed
absolve - (v.) to release from moral wrongdoing; (v.) to grant remission of a sin
abstain - (v.) to refrain from engaging in a certain act; (v.) to voluntarily refrain
from, especially when having to do with an act involving the appetite or senses
abstemious - (adj.) sparing in consumption of, especially in relation to food and
drink; (adj.) marked by moderation in indulgence
abyss - (n.) a gulf or pit that is either bottomless or which possesses an
unfathomable and inconceivable depth; (n.) infinite time
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abysmal - (adj.) boundless and vast; (adj.) unfathomable
accede - (v.) to give into or yield to someone else's wishes or desires; (v.) to be in
accordance with; to agree
acclivity - (n.) an upward grade or slope, on the earth
accolade - (n.) to praise; (n.) a symbol that signifies distinction or approval; (n.) a
ceremony that was formerly used to bestow knighthood
accoutre - (v.) to provide with military equipment
accretion - (n.) an increase brought about by natural growth; (n.) an increase in a
beneficiary's awarded portion of an estate
acetic - (adj.) containing or relating to acetic acid; vinegary smell or taste,
particularly in relation to wine
acidulous - (adj.) tasting sour like
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acme - (n.) the highest degree or level attainable, the highest point of something;
mature age; (n.) the crisis or height of a disease
acquiescence - (n.) acceptance without resistance or protest; assent or
submission; (n.) in criminal law: submission to an injury by the injured party
acquiescent - (adj.) willing to carry out someone else's orders or wishes without
any protest or dissent; (adj.) submissive
actuate - (v.) to trigger a reaction or to move and incite to action; (v.) to carry out
or perform
adapt - (v.) to modify or change to suit a new purpose or conditions; (v.) to
conform one's own self to new conditions or a new environment
addiction - (n.) a situation in which someone is dependent on something that is
physiologically and/or psychologically habit forming, particularly in relation to
alcohol or drugs
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