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GRE Word List 2
Allegiance-Arboreal
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Undergraduate 4
07/22/2013

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Allegiance
Definition
Duty to, support, loyalty
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Alleviate
Definition
To make (pain) easier to bear
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Arabesque
Definition
A complex, ornate design
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Arboreal
Definition
Of connected to trees
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Alloy
Definition
To debase by mixing with something inferior
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Aloof
Definition
Reserved, indifferent
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Amalgamate
Definition
To mix; to comine several elements into a whole
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Apt
Definition
Having a natural tendency; inclined
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Apropos
Definition
Appropriate to the situation
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Ambidextrous
Definition
Able to use the left hand or the right equally well
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Ambiguous
Definition
Doubtful, uncertain
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Approbation
Definition
An expression of warn approval; praise
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Ambivalent
Definition
Characertized by a mixture of opposite feelings or attitudes
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Ameliorate
Definition
Improve; make better or more tolerable
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Amendable
Definition
Agreeable; responsive to suggestion
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Amortize
Definition
End (a debt) by setting aside money; repay
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Anachronism
Definition
Something chronologically out of order
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Anguish
Definition
Severe suffering
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Animosity
Definition
Strong dislike
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Anomalous
Definition
Irregular; deviating from the norm
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Antidote
Definition
Medicine used against a poison or disease
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Antipathy
Definition
Dislike, hostility, extreme opposition or aversion
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Antithetical
Definition
Being in diametrical opposition
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Apartheid
Definition
Brutal racial discrimination
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Aplomb
Definition
Self-confidence
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Apostate
Definition
One who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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Apotheosis
Definition
Elevation to a preeminent or transcendent position
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Appease
Definition
Make quiet or calm
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Apprehensive
Definition
Grasping/understanding fear; unhappy feeling about the future
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Apprise
Definition
Give notice to; inform
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