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GMAT vocabs with A - 2
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25
Language - English
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09/11/2011

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affectation
Definition
(n.) unnatural or artificial behavior, unusual intended to impress
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affinity
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(n.) sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity
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affluent
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(a.) rich; prosperous
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agenda
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(n.) program; the things to be done
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aggregate
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(n.) sum total; a collection of seperate things mixed together

 

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agnostic
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(n.) one who believes that the existence of a god can be neither proven nor disproven
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alacrity
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(n.) cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond
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allege
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(v.) to assert without proof
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alleviate
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(v.) to relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable; to lessen
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allocate
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(v.) to distribute; to assign; to allot
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alloy
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(n.) a combination of two or more things, usually metals
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allusion
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(n.) an indirect reference (often to a literary work); a hint
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aloof
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(adj.) uninvolved; standing off; keeping one's distance
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altruism
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(n.) selflessness; generosity; devotion to the interests of others
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ambiguous
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(adj.) unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in different ways
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ambivalent
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(adj.) undecided; having opposed feelings simultaneously
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ameliorate
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(v.) to make better or more tolerable
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amenable
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(adj.) obedient; willing to give in to the wishes of another; agreeable
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amiable
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(adj.) friendly; agreeable
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amoral
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(adj.) lacking a sense of right and wrong; neither good nor bad, neither moral nor immoral; without moral feelings
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amorous
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(adj.) feeling loving, especially in a sexual sense; in love; relating to love
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amorphous
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(adj.) shapeless; without a regular or stable shape
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anachronism
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(n.) something out of place in time or history; an incongruity
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analogy
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(n.) a comparison of one thing to another; similarity
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anarchy
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(n.) absence of goverment or control; lawlessness; disorder
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