GRE Vocabulary Review

A collection of vocabulary flashcards based on key terms and their definitions.

ABATE

To reduce in amount, degree, or severity.

ABSCOND

To leave secretly.

ABSTAIN

To choose not to do something.

ABYSS

An extremely deep hole.

ADULTERATE

To make impure.

ADVOCATE

To speak in favor of.

AESTHETIC

Concerning the appreciation of beauty.

AGGRANDIZE

To increase in power, influence, and reputation.

ALLEVIATE

To make more bearable.

AMALGAMATE

To combine; to mix together.

AMBIGUOUS

Doubtful or uncertain; able to be interpreted several ways.

AMELIORATE

To make better; to improve.

ANACHRONISM

Something out of place in time.

ANALOGOUS

Similar or alike in some way, equivalent to.

ANOMALY

Deviation from what is normal.

ANTAGONIZE

To annoy or provoke to anger.

ANTIPATHY

Extreme dislike.

APATHY

Lack of interest or emotion.

ARBITRATE

To judge a dispute between two opposing parties.