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Barron 800 Essential Words for GRETermsDefinitionsabateto decrease; reduceabdicateto give up a position, right, or poweraberrantdeviating from what is normalabeyancetemporary suppression or suspensionabjectmiserable; pitifulabjureto reject; abandon formallyabscissionthe act of cutting; the natural separation of a leaf or other part of aplantabscondto depart secretlyabstemiousmoderate in appetiteabstinencethe giving up of certain pleasuresabysmalvery badaccretiongrowth in size or increase in amountaccrueto accumulate; grow by additionsadamantuncompromising; unyieldingadjunctsomething added, attached, or joinedadmonishto caution or reprimandadulterateto corrupt or make impureaestheticrelating to beauty or the artsaffectedpretentious; phonyaffinityfondness; liking; similarity

aggrandizeto make larger or greateraggregateamounting to a whole; totalalacritycheerful willingness; eagerness; speedalchemymedieval chemical philosophy based on changing metal into gold; aseemingly magical power or process of transmutationallayto lessen; ease; soothealleviateto relieve; improve partiallyalloya combination; a mixture of two or more metalsallurethe power to entice by charmamalgamateto combine into a unified wholeambiguousunclear or doubtful in meaningambivalencethe state of having conflicting emotional attitudesambrosiasomething delicious; the food of the godsameliorateto improveamenableagreeable; cooperative; suitedamenitysomething that increases comfortamuletornament worn as a charm against evil spiritsanachronismsomething out of the proper timeanalgesicmedication that reduces or eliminates painanalogouscomparableanarchyabsence of government; state of disorderanodynesomething that calms or soothes painanomalousirregular; deviating from the normantecedentsomething that comes before

antediluvianprehistoricantipathydislike; hostilityapathyindifferenceapexthe highest pointapogeethe point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited; thehighest pointapothegma terse, witty sayingappeaseto calm, pacify, placateappellationnameappositestrikingly appropriate and relevantappriseto informapprobationpraise, approvalappropriateto take possession of for one's own use; confiscateaproposrelevantarabesqueornate design featuring intertwined curves; a ballet position in whichone leg is extended in back while the other supports the weight of the bodyarcheologythe study of material evidence of past human lifeardorgreat emotion or passionarduousextremely difficult; laboriousargota specialized vocabulary used by a grouparrestto stop; to seizeartifactitem made by human craftartlessguileless; naturalasceticone who practices self-denialasperityseverity; harshness; irritability

aspersionslander; false rumorassiduousdiligent; hard-workingassuageto make less severeastringentharsh; severeasylumplace of refuge or shelteratavismin biology, the reappearance of a characteristic in an organism afterseveral generations of absence; individual or a part that exhibits atavism;return of a trait after a period of absenceattenuateto weakenaudaciousbold; daringausterestern; unadorned; simpleautonomousself-governing; independentavaricegreedaverto affirm; declare to be trueavocationsecondary occupationavuncularlike an uncle, benevolent and tolerantaxiomatictaken for granted; self-evident truthbacchanalianpertaining to riotous or drunken festivity; pertaining to revelrybanalcommonplace; tritebanterplayful conversationbardpoetbawdyobscenebeatifyto sanctify; to bless; to ascribe a virtue tobedizento dress in a vulgar, showy mannerbehemothhuge creature; anything very large and powerful

belieto contradict; misrepresent; give a false impressionbeneficentkindly; doing goodbifurcateto divide into two partsblandishmentflatteryblasébored because of frequent indulgence; unconcernedbolsterto give a boost to; prop up; supportbombasticpompous; using inflated languageboorishrude; insensitivebovinecow likebrazenbold; shamelessbroachto mention for the first timebucoliccharacteristic of the countryside; rustic; pastoralburgeonto grow and flourishburnishto polishbuttressto reinforce; supportcacophonousunpleasant or harsh-soundingcadgeto beg; spongecallousthick-skinned; insensitivecalumnyfalse and malicious accusation; slandercanardfalse; deliberately misleading storycanonan established set of principles; a basis or standard for judgment; agroup of literary workscantinsincere talk; language of a particular groupcantankerousirritable; ill-humored

capriciousficklecaptiousfaultfinding; intended to entrap, as in an argumentcardinalof foremost importancecarnalof the flesh or body; related to physical appetitescarpingto find fault; complaincartographyscience of making mapscasteany of the hereditary social classes in Hindu society; socialstratificationcastigationpunishment; chastisement; criticismcataclysma violent upheaval that causes great destruction and changecatalystsomething that causes changecategoricalabsolute; without exceptioncaucussmaller group within an organizationcausalinvolving a causecausticburning; stinging; causing corrosioncelestialconcerned with sky or heavens; sublimecentrifugalmoving away from a centercentripetalmoving or directed toward a centerchampionto defend or supportchastento correct by punishment or reproof; to restrain or subduechicanerytrickery; fraudchivalrythe qualities idealized by knighthood such as bravery and gallantrytoward womenchurlishrude; boorishcircuitousroundabout

clairvoyantone who can predict the future; psychicclamornoisy outcrycliquea small, exclusive groupcloisterto confine; secludecoagulatethicken; congealcoalesceto cause to become onecodaconcluding part of a literary or musical composition; something thatsummarizes or concludescodifyto systematizecognizantinformed; conscious; awarecollageartistic composition of materials pasted over a surface; an assemblageof diverse elementscommensurateproportionalcompendiumbrief, comprehensive summarycomplacentself-satisfiedcomplaisantoverly polite; willingness to comply with the wishes of otherscomplementsomething that completes or makes up a wholecompliantyieldingcompunctionuneasiness caused by guiltconcavecurving inwardconciliatoryovercoming distrust or hostilityconcoctto inventconcomitantexisting concurrentlycondoneto overlook voluntarily; forgiveconfoundto baffle; perplex; mix up

congenialsimilar in tastes and habits; friendly; suited toconjugalpertaining to marriage agreementconnoisseurexpert in matters of taste; expert knowledge or trainingconscripta person compulsorily enrolled for military serviceconsecrateto declare sacredcontendto assertcontentiousquarrelsome; causing quarrelscontiguoustouching; neighboring; connecting without a breakcontinenceself-control; abstention from sexual activitycontritevery sorrowful for a wrong; seeking forgivenesscontumaciousdisobedient; rebelliousconundrumriddle; puzzle with no solutionconventionpractice widely observed in a group; custom; accepted technique ordeviceconvergeto approach; come together; tend to meetconvexcurved outwardconvivialsociableconvolutedtwisted; complicatedcopiousabundant; plentifulcoquettewoman who flirtscornucopiahorn overflowing with fruit and grain; state of abundancecosmologystudy of the universe as a totality; theory of the origin and structure ofthe universecoverthidden; secretcovetousdesiring something owned by another

cozento mislead by trick or fraud; deceivecravencowardlycredenceacceptance of something as truecredostatement of belief or principle; creeddauntto discourage; intimidate; mproper behaviordefameto malign; harm someone's reputationdefaultto fail to actdeferencerespect; regard for another's wishdefunctno longer existingdelineateto represent or depictdemographicrelated to population balancedemoticpertaining to peopledemurto express doubt; question or opposedenigrateto slur someone's reputationdenizenan inhabitant; a regular visitordenouementoutcome; unraveling of the plot of a play or work of literaturederideto mockderivativesomething derived; unoriginaldesiccateto dry completelydesuetudestate of disusedesultoryrandom; disconnected; rambling

deterrentsomething that discourages or hindersdetractionthe act of taking awaydiaphanoustransparent; vague; insubstantialdiatribebitter verbal attackdichotomydivision into two usually contradictory partsdiffidenceshyness; lack of confidencediffuseto spread outdigressionact of straying from the main pointdirgefuneral hymndisabusefree from a misconceptiondiscerningperceptive; exhibiting keen insight and good judgmentdiscomfitto make uneasy; disconcertdiscordantnot in tunediscreditto dishonor; disgracediscrepancydifference betweendiscreteconstituting a separate thing; distinctdiscretionquality of showing self-restraint in speech or actionsdisingenuousnot candid, craftydisinterestedunprejudiced; objectivedisjointedlacking order or coherence; dislocateddismissput away from consideration; rejectdisparageto belittledisparatedissimilardissembleto pretend; disguise one's motives

disseminateto spread; scatter; dispersedissidentperson who disagrees about beliefsdissolutiondisintegration; debaucherydissonancediscord; lack of harmonydistendto expand; swell outdistillextract the essential elementsdistraitinattentive; preoccupieddivergeto vary; go in different directions from the same pointdivestto strip; deprive; riddivulgeto make known something that is secretdoctrinairedogmatic; unyieldingdocumentto provide with written evidence to supportdoggerelpoor versedogmaticstating opinions without proofdormantinactivedrosswaste; worthless matterdupeto deceive; trickebullientexhilarated; overly enthusiasticeclecticselecting from various sourceseffervescencestate of high spirits or liveliness; process of bubling as gas escapeseffetedepleted of vitality; over refined; decadentefficacyeffectiveness; efficiencyeffronteryshameless boldness; presumptuousnessegoismthe tendency to see things in relation to oneself; self-centeredness

egotisticalexcessively self-centered; conceitedelegypoem or song expressing lamentationelicitto provoke; draw outelixira sustance believed to have the power to cure illsElysiandelightful; blissfulemaciatedthin and wastedembellishto adorn; enhanceemollientsoothing; mollifyingempiricalderived from observation or experimentemulateto imitate; copyencomiuma formal expression of praiseendemicinherent; belonging to an areaenervateto weakenengenderto cause; produceenhanceto increase; improveentomologythe scientific study of insectsenunciateto pronounce clearlyephemeralshort-lived; fleetingepistemologybranch of philosophy that examines the nature of knowledgeequablesteady; unvarying; sereneequanimitycomposure; calmnessequivocateintentionally use vague languageerrantmistaken; straying from the proper courseeruditelearned; scholarly

esoterichard to understand; known only to a fewessayto make an attempt; subject to a testestimableadmirable; possible to estimateethnocentricbased on the attitude that one's group is superioretiologycauses or originsetymologyorigin an history of a wordeugenicseulogyeuphemismstudy of factors that influence the hereditary qualities of the humanrace and ways to improve those qualitieshigh praise to a death personuse of agreeable or inoffensive language in place of offensivelanguageeuphoriafeeling of extreme happinesseuthanasiamercy killingevinceto show plainly; be an indication ofevocativetending to call to mind or produce a reactionexacerbateto aggravate; make worseexactto force the payment of; demand and obtain by authorityexculpateto clear of blame; vindicateexecrabledetestable; abhorrentexhortto urge by strong appealsexigencycrisis; urgent requirementsexistentialhaving to do with existenceexorciseto expel evil spirits; free from bad influencesexpatiateto speak or write at lengthexpatriateto send into exile