Wordsmart for the GRE Flashcards
1
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Aberrant
A
Deviating from the norm
2
Q
Abjure
A
To renounce or reject or recant
3
Q
Abrogate
A
To abolish or annul or put down by authority
4
Q
Abscission
A
The act of cutting off or removing
5
Q
Accretion
A
Growth, building up, increase by successive addition
6
Q
Acerbic
A
Having a sour taste or character
7
Q
Acumen
A
Quick, keen, or accurate knowledge or insight
8
Q
Admonish
A
To express warning or disapproval
9
Q
Adroit
A
Adept, dextrous
10
Q
Adumbrate
A
To foreshadow vaguely, to intimate, to suggest
11
Q
Aggrandize
A
To increase in intensity, power or prestige; to make appear greater
12
Q
Alacrity
A
Enthusiasm
13
Q
Ambiguity
A
Uncertainty in meaning
(not ambivalence!)
14
Q
Ambivalence
A
Simultaneously having opposing ideas or feelings (not ambiguity!)
15
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Amenable (uh MEEN uh bul)
A
Agreeable; responsive to suggestion
