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GRE A-Words Part 15
GRE A Words Part 15 of 19. Divided into 20-25 word stacks for easier learning
Question | Answer |
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anthology | book of literary selections by various authors |
alias | an assumed name |
anarchist | person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority |
angular | sharp-cornered; having an angle; not rounded (body); bony; lean; gaunt; stiff in manner |
aphorism | pithy maxim or saying |
arduous | hard; strenuous |
adjuration | solemn urging |
anvil | iron block used in hammering out metals |
amalgamate | comine (societies or groups); unite in one body |
amputate | cut off part of a body |
advocacy | support; active pleading on behalf of someone or something |
asinine | stupid |
asteroid | small planet |
alchemy | medieval chemistry |
astronomical | enormously large or extensive |
audacious | daring; bold |
appraise | estimate value of |
ambivalence | the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinions |
altercation | noisy quarrel |
abrogate | abolish |
apprise | inform |