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GRE Vocab Day #1
Abase-Aboriginal
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English
Undergraduate 4
10/22/2012

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Abase
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To humiliate, cause to feel shame; to hurt the pride of
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Abash
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Embarrass; to cause to be embarrassed
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Abate
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To make less active or intense; to become less in intensity
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Abdicate
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To give up power
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Aberration
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A disorder in a person's mental state; an optical phenomenon which results from a failure of a mirror or lens to produce a good image
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Abet
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To assist or encourage, often in a case of wrongdoing; to support, uphold, or maintain; to contribute to the commission of an offense
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Abeyance
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A temporary suspension or cessation
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Abhor
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To find repugnant or to shrink back with dislike or horror
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Abjure
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To reject something; to retract an oath; to recant
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Aboriginal
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AN original inhabitant of any land; an animal or plant native to the region
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abortive
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failing to accomplish an original intent or goal; impoerfectlve formed or developed; something that is born prematurely; made fmor the skin of still born animal
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abscond
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Run away, often taking someone or something along; to hide, withdraw, or be concealed
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Absolve
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To release from moral wrongdoing; to grant remission of a sin
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Abstain
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To refrain from enganging in a certain act; to voluntarily retrain from, especially when having to do with an act involving appetite or senses
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Abstemious
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Sparing in consumption of, especially in relation to food and drink; marked by moderate in indulge
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Abysmal
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Boundless and vast; unfathomable
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Abyss
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A gulf or pit that is either botoomless or which possess an unfathamable and inconceiable depth; infinite time
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Accede
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To give into or yield to someone else's wishes or desires; to be in accordance with; to agree
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Acclivity
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An upward grade or slope on the earth
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Accolate
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To priase; a symbol that siginfies discintion or approval; a ceremony that was formerly used to bestow knighthood
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Accoutre
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To provide with military equipment
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Accretion
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An increase brought about by natural growth. An increase in a beneficiary's awarded portion of an estate
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Acetic
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Vinegary smell or taste, particulary in relation to wine
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Acidulous
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Tasting sour like
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Acme
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Highest degree or level attainable; the highest point of something; mature age; the crisis or height of a disease
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Aquiescent
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Willing to carry out someone else's orders or wishses without protest or dissent; submissive
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Acquiescence
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Acceptance without resistance or protest; assent or submission; in criminal law: submission to an injury by the injured party
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Actuate
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To trigger a reaction or to move and incite to action; to carry out or perform
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Adapt
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To modify or change to suit a new purpose or conditions; to conform to one's own self to new conditions or a new environment
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Addiction
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A situation in which someone is dependent on something that is physioloigcally and/or psychologically habit forming, particuarly in relation to alcohol or drugs
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