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Barron GRE word list - Aabaselower; degrade; humiliate; make humble; make (oneself) lose self-respectabashembarrassabatesubside or moderateabbreviateshortenabdicaterenounce; give up (position, right, or responsibility)aberrantabnormal or deviantaberrationdeviation from the normal; mental disorderabetassist usually in doing something wrong; encourageabeyancesuspended actionabhordetest; hateabideDwell; abide by: comply with; put up with; tolerate; Ex. abide by the rules; Ex. Ican't abide rude people.abject(of a condition) wretched; as low as possible; lacking pride; very humble; showinglack of self-respect; Ex. abject apologyabjurerenounce upon oathablutionwashingabnegationrenunciation; self-sacrifice; self-abnegationabodedwelling place; homeabolishcancel; put an end toabominabledetestable; extremely unpleasantabominateloathe; hateaboriginalbeing the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native; indigenous; N. aborigineabortiveunsuccessful; fruitlessabrasiverubbing away; tending to grind downabridgecondense or shortenabrogateabolishabscissioncutting off; separationabsconddepart secretly and hideabsolutecomplete; totally unlimited; having complete power; certain; not relative; Ex.absolute honesty/ruler; CF. absolutismabsolvepardon (an offense)abstainrefrain; withhold from participation; intentionally not use one's vote;

abstemioussparing in eating and drinking; temperateabstinencerestraint from pleasant things, esp. eating or drinking; CF. abstention: act ofabstaining from voteabstracttheoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentationalabstruseobscure; profound; difficult to understandabusivecoarsely insulting; physically harmfulabutborder upon; adjoinabysmalbottomlessabyssenormous chasm; vast bottomless pitacademicrelated to a school; not practical or directly usefulaccedeagreeacceleratemove fasteraccessibleeasy to approach; obtainableaccessoryadditional object; useful but not essential thingacclaimapplaud; praise; greet with great approval; announce with great approval; Ex. Thenew drung has been acclaimed as the most important discoveries for years; N:strong expression of approval and praiseacclimateadjust to climate or environment; adaptacclivitysharp upslope of a hill; OP. declivityaccoladeaward of merit; strong praise and approvalaccommodateoblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt; make enough spacefor; ADJ. accommodative; CF. accomodating: helpful and obligingaccomplicepartner in crimeaccordagreementaccostapproach and speak first to a personaccoutreequip; N. accoutrementaccretiongrowth or increase in size by gradual addition; growth; increase; increase bynatural growth; Ex. towers and other accretions of the castle; V. accreteaccruecome to one as a gain; accumulate over time; come about by addition; Ex. benefitsthat accrue from scientific research; Ex. interest accruing in a bank account; N.accrualacerbitybitterness of speech and temper; ADJ. acerbic: bitter; acrid (in taste, manner, ortone)aceticvinegaryacidulousslightly sour (in taste or manner); sharp; caustic

acknowledgerecognize; admitacmepeak; pinnacle; highest pointacneskin disease (on the face)acousticsscience of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear inacquiesceassent; agree passively; comply without protestacquittaldeliverance from a charge; V. acquit: free from a charge or accusation; dischargefrom a duty; conduct (oneself) in a specified manneracridbitter (to the taste or smell); sharp; bitterly pungentacrimoniousstinging; caustic; bitter in words or manner; N. acrimony: bitter ill-naturedanimosity in speech or behavioracrophobiafear of heightsactuarialcalculating; pertaining to insurance statisticsactuarysomeone who advises insurance companiesactuatemotivate; activate; cause to actacuitysharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)acumenmental keenness; sharpness of judgment; ability to judge quickly and well; Ex.business acumenacute(of the senses) sharp; quickly perceptive; keen; penetrating; brief and severe; Ex.acute sense of smell/analysis/painadagewise saying; proverbadamanthard; inflexibleadaptmake or become suitable for a specific use; alter; modify; adjust; N. adaptation:act of adapting; composition recast into a new form; Ex. The play is an adaption ofa short novel.addendumaddition; appendix to book; something that is added (as at the end of a speech orbook)addictioncompulsive habitual needaddlemake or become confused; muddle; drive crazy; become rotten (egg)addressdirect a speech to; speak to; deal with or discuss; direct one's efforts or attentionto; make with a destination; N: formal speechadeptexpert at; very skilledadherestick fast; be a devotd follower; N. adhesion: adhering; devotion; loyalityadherentsupporter; followeradjacentadjoining; neighboring; close byadjoinbe next to

adjournsuspend until a later time; move from one place to anotheradjunctsomething attached to but holding an inferior positionadjurationsolemn urging; V. adjure: entreat earnestly; enjoin solemnlyadjutantstaff officer assisting the commander; assistantadmonishwarn or speak to with gentle disapproval; reproveadorelove deeply and respect highlyadorndecorateadroitskillful (in using mind or hand)adulationflattery; admiration that is more than is necessary or deservedadulteratemake impure or of poorer quality by adding inferior or itiousaccidental; casual; happening by chanceadversaryopponent; enemyadversegoing against; opposing; unfavorable; hostileadversitygreat hardship or affliction; misfortune; calamitous eventadvertreferadvocacysupport; active pleading on behalf of someone or somethingadvocatespeak in favor of; support (an idea or plan); urge; plead foraegisshield; protection; defenseaerie(aery,eyrie,eyry)nest of a large bird of preyaestheticartistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful (of a person orbuilding); CF. aesthete; CF. aestheticsaffableeasily approachable; easy to talk to; warmly friendlyaffectedartificial; pretendedaffidavitwritten statement made under oath (for use as proof in a court of law)affiliationjoining; associating withaffinityfeeling of kinship; similarity; Ex. strong affinity for her; Ex. many affinitiesbetween two languagesaffirmationpositive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take anoath; V. affirm; ADJ. affirmative; CF. affirmative action: positive discriminationafflictionstate of distress; trial; cause of distress or suffering; V. afflict: inflict grievoussuffering onaffluenceabundance; wealth

affrontinsult; offense; intentional act of disrespect; V: insult or hurt the feelings ofintentionallyafterlifelife after death; later part of one's lifeagapeopenmouthedagendaitems of business at a meetingagglomerationcollection; heap; V. agglomerate: gather into a rounded mass; N. aggolmeate:jumbled mass; heapaggrandizemake greater; increase in power, wealth, rank, or honor; N. aggrandizementaggregatesum; total; ADJ. V: gather into a mass or whole; accumulate; add up to; Ex.aggregate 100 dollarsaghastfilled with great surprise or fear; horrifiedagilitynimbleness; ability to move quicklyagitatestir up; disturbagnosticone who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate realityagoghighly excited; intensely curiousagrarianpertaining to land or its cultivation; Ex. agrarian reformairyof air; high in the air; lofty; immaterial; unrealalacritycheerful promptness without reluctancealchemymedieval chemistryalcovenook; recessaliasan assumed name esp. by a criminal (usually to mislead people); ADV. aliasalienatemake unfriendly or hostile; estrange; separate; change the ownership ofalimentarysupplying nourishmentalimonypayments made regularly to an ex-spouse after divorceallaycalm; pacifyallegestate without proofallegianceloyaltyallegorystory, play, or picture in which characters are used as symbols; fablealleviaterelieve (pain)alliterationrepetition of beginning sound in poetryallocateassign; set apart for a particular purposealloymixture as of metals; something added that lowers in value or purity; V: mix;make less pure; lower in value or quality; spoil; CF. unalloyed: not in mixture withother maetals; pure; complete; unqualified; Ex. unalloyed happiness

alluderefer indirectly; N. allusion: indirect referenceallureentice; attract; temptalluvialpertaining to soil deposits left by running wateralmsmoney or goods given to the pooraloftupward; high up in the airaloofapart; not open in one's relationship with other people; reserved; ADV.altercationnoisy quarrelaltruisticunselfishly generous; concerned for others; N. altiruism: unselfish concern for thewelfare of others; unselfishness; OP. egoismamalgamcombination of different things; mixture of metals (containing mercury) used forfilling holes in teethamalgamate(of societies or groups) combine; unite in one bodyamasscollect (gradually, in a very large amount)amazonfemale warriorambidextrouscapable of using either hand with equal easeambienceenvironment; atmosphere; Ex. restraurant with a pleasant ambience; ADJ.ambient: completely surrounding; Ex. ambient temperatureambiguousunclear or doubtful in meaning; having more than one possible interpretationambivalencethe state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinionsamblewalking at an easy unhurried pace; V: walk slowly and aimlesslyambrosiafood of the godsambulatoryable to walkambushact of lying in wait to attack by surprise; sudden attack made from a concealedposition; Ex. lie in ambush; V.ameliorateimproveamenableobedient; compliant; readily managed; responsive; willing to be led; answerableor accountable legally; responsible; able to be tested by; Ex. amenable to sensiblesuggestions; Ex. He is very amenable; Ex. amenable to the usual testsamendcorrect; change ; generally for the betteramenitiesconvenient features that helps to make life pleasant; social courtesiesamiableagreeable; lovable; warmly friendlyamicablepeaceful; politely friendly; not quarrelsome; Ex. amicable settlementamisswrong; faulty; Ex. something amiss; ADV.amityfriendship; peaceful relationship as between nations

amnesialoss of memoryamnestypardon (allowed by government to political criminals)amok(amuck)in a state of rage; Ex. run amokamoralnonmoral; having no understanding of right and wrongamorousmoved by sexual love; loving; of sexual love; Ex. amorous advancesamorphousformless; lacking shape or definitionamphibianable to live both on land and in water; N.amphitheateroval building with tiers of seats; CF. arenaampleenough; abundant; spacious; large in size; Ex. ample opportunity/garden; N.amplitude: quality of being ample; abundance; largeness of spaceamplifyincrease in size or effect; expand; broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; makestronger; Ex. amplify one's remarks with a graphamputatecut off part of body; prune (a limb)amuletcharm; talisman; an object worn believed to protect against evil, bad luckanachronisman error involving time in a story; something or someone misplaced in time; ADJ.anachronisticanalgesiacondition of being unable to feel painanalgesiccausing insensitivity to pain; N.analogouscomparable; similaranalogysimilarity; parallelism; comparing two similar thingsanarchistperson who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishingauthorityanarchyabsence of governing body; state of disorderanathemasolemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse; V. anathematizeancestryfamily descent; ADJ. ancestralanchorsecure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place; N. anchorageancillaryserving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary; N.anecdoteshort story of an amusing or interesting eventanemiacondition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; ADJ. anemicanestheticsubstance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness; N.anesthesiaanguishacute pain; extreme sufferingangularsharp-cornered; having an angle; not rounded (body); bony; lean; gaunt; stiff inmanner