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Vocabulary 4000
Most common 4000 words to appear on GREs
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Graduate
05/09/2012
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a cappella
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without accompainiment 
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a la carte
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priced separately
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a priori
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reasoning based on general principals 
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aback
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unexpected
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abacus
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counting device 
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abandon
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desert, forsake
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abase
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degrade
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abash
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humiliate

embarrass
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abate
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lessen
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abatement
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alleviation 
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abbey
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monastery : house for persons under religious vow 
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abbreviate
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shorten
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abdicate
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relinquish power or position 
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abdomen
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belly
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abduct
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kidnap
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abet
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to aid in crime 
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aberrant
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abnormal
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abeyance
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postponement
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abhor
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detest
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abide
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to submit or endure 
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abject
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wretched: hopeless, sunk to lowest condition
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abjure
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renounce/ reject/ abstain from 
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ablate
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cut away
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ablution
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cleansing 
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abode
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home
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abolish
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end the observance or effect of: annul 
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abominable
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detestable
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aboriginal
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indigenous
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abortive
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unsuccessful 
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abound
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be plentiful
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abreast
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side by side
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abridge
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shorten 
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abroad
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overseas 
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abreast
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side by side
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abrogate
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cancel 
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abrupt
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ending suddenly 
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abscess
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infected and inflamed tissue
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abscound
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to run away (secretly)
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absolve
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acquit : to pay off ,repay

 

to discharge completely
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abstain
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refrain
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abstract
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theoretical

 

intangible
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abstruse
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difficult to understand 
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abut
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touch, border on 
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abysmal
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deficient, sub par
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abyss
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chasm 

 

bottomless gulf pit or choas of old 

 

intellectural or moral depts 
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