Top GRE words "A" & "B" Flashcards
ABSCOND
To leave secretly.
Ex: the patron ABSCONDED from the restaurant without paying his bill by sneaking out the back door.
ABSTAIN
To choose not to do something
Ex: she ABSTAINED from choosing a mouthwatering dessert from the tray.
ABYSS
An extreme deep hole
Ex: the submarine dove into the abyss to chart the previously unseen depths.
ADULTERATE
To make impure
The chef made his ketchup last longer by ADULTERATING it with water
ADVOCATE
To speak in favor of
Ex: the vegetarian ADVOCATED a diet containing no meat.
AMALGAMATED
To combine, to mix together
Ex: Giant Industries AMALGAMATED with Mega Products to form Giant-Mega Products Incorporated.
AMELIORATE
To make better to improve
Ex: the doctor was able to AMELIORATE the patient’s suffering using painkillers
ABATE
To reduce in amount, degree or severity.
Ex: as the hurricane’s force ABATED, the winds dropped and the sea became calm.
ANACHRONISM
Something out of place in time
Ex: the aged hippie used ANACHRONISTIC phrases like groovy and far out that had not been popular in years.
ANALOGOUS
Similar or Alike in some way, equivalent to.
Ex: AI has created a neural network ANALOGOUS to brain grid cells
ARBITRATE
To judge a dispute between two opposite parties
Ex: since the couple could not come to an agreement, the judge was forced to ARBITRATE their divorce proceedings.
ARCHAIC
Ancient, old-fashioned.
Ex : her ARCHAIC Commodore computer could not run the latest software
ARDOR
Intense and passionate feeling
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AESTHETIC
Concerning the appreciation of beauty
Ex: the AESTHETIC movement regarded the pursuit of beauty as the only true purpose of art.
ASSUAGE
To make unpleasant less severe
Ex: Serena used aspirin to ASSUAGE her pounding headache.
