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GRE Words 1
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15
Grammar
Undergraduate 4
10/07/2009
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abeyance
 Definition
suspended action
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abstemious
 Definition
sparing in eating or drinking; temperate
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adulterate
 Definition
to make impure by adding inferior of tainted substances
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alacrity
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promptness in response, cheerful readiness
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ameliorate
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to make better or more tolerable
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antipathy
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aversion or dislike
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approbation
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approval
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ascetic
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practicing self-denial, austere
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assiduous
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dilligent
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attenuate
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to make thinner, weaken or lessen
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aver
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to verify or prove
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bombastic
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pompous, using inflated language
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burgeon
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to grow or expand rapidly
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burnish
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to make shiny of lustrous
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castigation
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to subject to severe punishment, reproof for criticism
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