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GRE Word List 1
Abacus--Alcove
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Undergraduate 4
07/17/2013

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Abacus
Definition
A frame with balls for calculating
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Abate
Definition
To lessen in degree or intensity
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Abdication
Definition
To formally relinquish power or responsibility
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Aberration
Definition
Not normal; to stray away
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Abet
Definition
To urge, encourage and support
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Agog
Definition
Eager anticipation/excitement
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Ail
Definition
To feel ill or have pain
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Alacrity
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Eager/cheerful readiness
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Alchemy
Definition
A medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals
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Alcove
Definition
A recess or enclosed space
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Agile
Definition
Active/quick-moving
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Aggrevate
Definition
To make worse or irriate
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Abeyance
Definition
The condition of being temporarily set aside; suspension
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Abhor
Definition
To hate, to detest
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Abide
Definition
Be faithful, to endure
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Abjure
Definition
To renounce under oath; forswear
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Aggrandize
Definition
To make larger or greater in power
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Affinity
Definition
Close connection or relationship
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Affable
Definition
Polite or friendly
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Aesthetic
Definition
Of or concerning the appreciation of beauty or good taste
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Adulteration
Definition
Making impure, poorer in quality; to corrupt
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Adorn
Definition
To add beauty or decorate
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Adulation
Definition
Excessive praise and intense adoration
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Abraded
Definition
To wear down or rub away by friction
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Abrogate
Definition
To repeal or annul by authority
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Adamant
Definition
Impervious to please, appeals, or reason; subbornly unyielding
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Admonitory
Definition
Containing warning
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Abscond
Definition
To leave quickly and secretly (to avoid arrest)
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Abstruse
Definition
Difficult to comprehend; obscure
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Acumen
Definition
Quick, keen or accurate knowledge or insight
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Accretion
Definition
Increase in size by gradual, external addition; fusion
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Acclaimed
Definition
To praise enthusiastically and often publically; applaud.
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Accolade
Definition
Praise, approval
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Abut
Definition
To touch or end at one end or side; to lie adjacent
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Abysmal
Definition
Bottomless extreme
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