Revised GRE 3000 List 1

ZhengY Z.
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  1. abandon
    the trait of lacking restraint or control
  2. abase
    cause to feel shame
    to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem
  3. abash
    cause to be embarrassed
  4. abate
    become less in amount or intensity
  5. abbreviate
    shorten
  6. abdicate
    give up power, duties, or obligations
  7. aberrant
    markedly different from an accepted norm
  8. abet
    assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
  9. abeyance
    temporary cessation or suspension
  10. abhor
    feel hatred or disgust toward
  11. abiding
    unceasing
  12. abject
    of the most contemptible kind
  13. abjure
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  14. abnegate
    deny or renounce
  15. abominate
    find repugnant
  16. aboveboard
    without concealment or deception; honest
  17. abrade
    rub hard or scrub
  18. abridge
    lessen, diminish, or curtail
  19. abrogate
    revoke formally
  20. abscond
    run away, often taking something or somebody along
  21. absolute
    perfect or complete or pure
  22. absolve
    grant remission of a sin to
  23. abstain
    refrain from doing, consuming, or partaking in something
  24. abstemious
    marked by temperance in indulgence
  25. abstract
    existing only in the mind
  26. abstruse
    difficult to understand
  27. absurd
    inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense
  28. abundant
    present in great quantity
  29. abuse
    cruel or inhumane treatment
  30. abut
    lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
  31. abysmal
    exceptionally bad or displeasing
  32. accede
    yield to another's wish or opinion
  33. accelerate
    move faster
  34. accessible
    capable of being reached
  35. accessory
    a supplementary component that improves capability
  36. accidental
    happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally
  37. acclimate
    get used to a certain environment
  38. accolade
    a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
  39. accommodate
    have room for; hold without crowding
  40. accost
    approach and speak to someone aggressively or insistently
  41. accrete
    grow, accumulate, or fuse together
  42. accumulate
    get or gather together
  43. acerbic
    sour or bitter in taste
  44. acme
    the highest point of something
  45. acquiesce
    agree or express agreement
  46. acrid
    strong and sharp, as a taste or smell
  47. acrimonious
    marked by strong resentment or cynicism
  48. acumen
    shrewdness shown by keen insight
  49. acute
    ending in a sharp point
  50. adamant
    very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
  51. adapt
    make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
  52. addict
    to cause to become dependent
  53. adhere
    stick to firmly
  54. adjourn
    close at the end of a session
  55. adjunct
    something added to another thing but not essential to it
  56. ad-lib
    perform without preparation
  57. admonish
    scold or reprimand; take to task
  58. adore
    love intensely
  59. adulate
    flatter in an obsequious manner
  60. adulterate
    make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
  61. adumbrate
    describe roughly or give the main points or summary of
  62. adventitious
    associated by chance and not an integral part
  63. adversary
    someone who offers opposition
  64. advert
    a public promotion of some product or service
  65. advocate
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
  66. affable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  67. affinity
    a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
  68. affluent
    having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
  69. aggrandize
    embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of
  70. aggravate
    make worse
  71. aggregate
    a sum total of many heterogeneous things taken together
  72. aggressive
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  73. aggrieve
    cause to feel distress
  74. agitate
    move or cause to move back and forth
  75. agog
    highly excited
  76. agonize
    suffer anguish
  77. airtight
    completely sealed so as to prevent gas from moving in or out
  78. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  79. alibi
    proof that someone accused of a crime could not have done it
  80. alienate
    arouse hostility or indifference in
  81. align
    arrange so as to be parallel or straight
  82. allay
    lessen the intensity of or calm
  83. allegiance
    the act of binding yourself to a course of action
  84. alleviate
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  85. allude
    make an indirect reference to
  86. allure
    the power to entice or attract
  87. ally
    a friendly nation
  88. aloft
    at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship
  89. aloof
    distant, cold, or detached in manner
  90. altruism
    the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
  91. amalgamate
    bring or combine together or with something else
  92. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  93. amble
    walk leisurely
  94. ambrosial
    worthy of the gods
  95. ameliorate
    make better
  96. amenable
    disposed or willing to comply
  97. amenity
    something that provides value, pleasure, or convenience
  98. amiable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  99. amicable
    characterized by friendship and good will
  100. amity
    a state of friendship and cordiality
Created on Thu Jul 12 20:36:50 EDT 2012 (updated Sat Jul 14 21:42:06 EDT 2012)

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