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GRE Vocab Set 1
Letters A-Ce
52
General Vocab
Graduate
09/12/2013

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abjure
Definition
to renounce or reject; to recant; to avoid
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abrogate
Definition
to abolish or annul by authority; put down
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abscission
Definition
act of cutting off something
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abscond
Definition
to depart clandestinely; steal off and hide
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accretion
Definition
growth; building up
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adroit/maladroit
Definition
adept or dexterous/clumsy or bungling
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adumbrate
Definition
to foreshadow vaguely, intimate, suggest or outline sketchily
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aggrandize
Definition
to increase in intensity, power or prestige; to make appear greater
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alacrity
Definition
eager and enthusiastic willingness
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alloy
Definition
to debase by mixing w something inferior
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amenable
Definition
agreeable; responsive to suggestion
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anathema
Definition
a solemn or religious course; accursed or loathed person or thing
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anodyne
Definition
soothing
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antipathy
Definition
aversion; dislike
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apocryphal
Definition
of dubious authenticity or origin; spurious
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apogee
Definition
farthest or highest point; culmination; zenith
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apostate
Definition
one who abandons long-held convictions, betratyer of a cause
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apotheosis
Definition
deficiation, the perfect example, godliness
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apposite
Definition
appropriate, relevant
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apprise
Definition
give notice to, inform
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approbation
Definition
an expression of approval or praise
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arabesque
Definition
complex, ornate design
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arrant
Definition
impudent; utter, in every way, being completely such
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artless
Definition
completely without guile; natural, without artificiality
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asperity
Definition
severity, rigor; roughness, harshness; acrimony, irritability
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aspersion
Definition
act of defamation or manligning
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assiduous
Definition
dilligent, hard-working
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attenuate
Definition
to rarefy, weaken or make thinner, lessen
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augury
Definition
omen, portent, the reading of omens
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august
Definition
majestic, venerable
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austere
Definition
without adornment; bare; ascetic
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aver
Definition
to state as a fact; confirm or support
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axiom/axiomatic
Definition
a universally recognized principle; a generally accepted or common saying/taken as a given
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baleful
Definition
sinister, pernicious, ominous
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beatify
Definition
to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to; to regard as saintly
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bedizen
Definition
to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner; festoon, caparison
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belie
Definition
to give a false impression of, to misrepresent
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bellicose
Definition
belligerent, pugnacious, warlike
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blandish
Definition
to coax with flattery, toady or fawn
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blithe
Definition
carefree, merry
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bombastic
Definition
pompous; grandiloquent
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boor
Definition
a rude or insensitive person; lout; yokel
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brook
Definition
to tolerate, endure, countenance
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bucolic
Definition
rustic and pastoral
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burnish
Definition
to polish, rub to a shine
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byzantine
Definition
labyrinthe, complex
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cadge
Definition
to sponge, beg, or mooch
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calumniate/calumny
Definition
to slander, make a false accusation/slander, aspersion
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capricious
Definition
inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
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cardinal
Definition
of basic importance or consequence; primary
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castigation
Definition
severe criticism or punishment
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caustic
Definition
burning or stinging; causing corrosion
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