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GRE High-Frequency Words (A-E)
Top 300 High-Frequency Words
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01/14/2010

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ABEYANCE
Definition
Being inactive or suspended; dormancy, intermission.
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ABSTEMIOUS
Definition
Restraining behavior or appetite; abstinent, ascetic, austere, frugal.
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ABSCOND
Definition
To depart in a sudden and secret manner, esp. to avoid capture and legal prosecution.
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ADMONISH
Definition
To caution, advise; warn, scold; to urge to duty.
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ADULTERATE
Definition
To corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance.
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ALACRITY
Definition
Cheerful readiness, liveliness, keenness, agility.
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AMALGAMATE
Definition
To mix, blend, unite, merge.
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APPRISE
Definition
To give notice to; to inform (often followed by "of")
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APPROBATION
Definition
Approval; Commendation; Official sanction.
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APPROPRIATE (v.)
Definition
To set aside; allocate; steal.
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ARTLESS
Definition
Ingenuous; open & honest; simple, natural; unsophisticated; clumsy.
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ASCETIC
Definition
Practicing self-denial; austere.
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ASSIDUOUS
Definition
Constant, unremitting, hard-working, industrious.
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ASSUAGE
Definition
To relieve, ease, mitigate; To appease, soothe.
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ATTENUATE
Definition
To weaken, diminish; make thinner
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AUDACIOUS
Definition
Daring; bold.
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AUSTERE
Definition
forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
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AVER
Definition
To assert confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally as a fact.
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BELIE
Definition
To contradict; give a false impression.
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BENEFICENT
Definition
Kindly; doing good.
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BOLSTER
Definition
To support; reinforce.
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BOMBASTIC
Definition
Pompous; using inflated language.
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CAPRICIOUS
Definition
Erratic, variable, unpredictable.
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CASTIGATION
Definition
punishment; severe criticism.
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BURNISH
Definition
make shiny by rubbing; polish.
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CAUSTIC
Definition
sarcastically biting; burning.
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CHICANERY
Definition
trickery; deception.
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COAGULATE
Definition
to thicken; congeal; clot.
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CODA
Definition
concluding section of a musical or literary composition; something that rounds out, summarizes, or concludes.
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COGENT
Definition
convincing.
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COMMENSURATE
Definition
proportionate; corresponding in extent, degree, amount, etc.
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COMPENDIUM
Definition
brief, comprehensive summary.
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COMPLAISANT
Definition
trying to please; overly polite; obliging.
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CONCILIATORY
Definition
soothing; reconciling.
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CONTENTION
Definition
claim; thesis. (v. contend)
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CONTENTIOUS
Definition
quarrelsome.
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CONTRITE
Definition
penitent/repentant; regretful.
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CONUNDRUM
Definition
riddle; difficult problem.
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CRAVEN
Definition
cowardly.
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DECORUM
Definition
propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners.
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DENIGRATE
Definition
to blacken.
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DERIDE
Definition
to ridicule; make fun of.
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DESICCATE
Definition
to dry up.
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DESULTORY
Definition
aimless; haphazard; digressing at random.
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DIATRIBE
Definition
bitter scolding; invective.
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DIFFIDENCE
Definition
shyness; lack of confidence.
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DIRGE
Definition
a funeral song; mournful music.
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DISABUSE
Definition
to correct a false impression; to undeceive.
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DISCERNING
Definition
mentally quick and observant; having insight.
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DISCORDANT
Definition
not harmonious; conflicting.
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DISPARAGE
Definition
to belittle.
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DISPARATE
Definition
basically different; unrelated.
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DISSEMBLE
Definition
to disguise; to pretend.
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DISSEMINATE
Definition
to distribute; spread; scatter.
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DISSOLUTION
Definition
disintegration; looseness in morals.
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DISTEND
Definition
to expand; swell out.
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DIVEST
Definition
to deprive; strip.
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EBULLIENT
Definition
showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm.
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ECLECTIC
Definition
selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources.
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EFFRONTERY
Definition
impudence; shameless boldness; sheer nerve; presumptuousness.
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ELEGY
Definition
poem or song expressing lamentation.
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EMULATE
Definition
to imitate; rival.
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ENDEMIC
Definition
prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific place.
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ENERVATE
Definition
to weaken.
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ENGENDER
Definition
to cause; produce.
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EQUANIMITY
Definition
composure; calmness of temperament.
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EQUIVOCATE
Definition
to lie; to mislead; to attempt to conceal the truth.
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ERUDITE
Definition
learned; scholarly.
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ESOTERIC
Definition
hard to understand; known only to the chosen few.
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EXCULPATE
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EXIGENCY
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