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GRE High Frequency 1
abate - caustic
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abate | 1. to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc. 2. Law: to put an end to or suppress The new president promised to abate the income tax. A: amplify |
| Aberrant | 1. departing from the right, normal, or usual course. 2. exceptional; abnormal. Her loud reaction was aberrant for such a quiet girl. A: normal |
| Abeyance | 1. temporary inactivity, cessation, or suspension. Her membership to the club was in abeyance when she forgot to pay her dues. A: continuation |
| Abscond | 1. to depart in a sudden and secret manner, esp. to avoid capture and legal prosecution. Kate absconded the country to avoid arrest. A: remain, abide |
| Abstemious | 1. characterized by abstinence 2. sparing or moderate in eating and drinking. She was abstemious with her diet before the formal. A: gluttonous |
| Admonish | 1. to caution, advise, or counsel against something. 2. to urge to a duty. The Others admonished the survivors not to cross the line. A: extol |
| Adulterate | to debase or make impure by adding inferior materials or elements; use cheaper, inferior, or less desirable goods in the production of. He adulterated his cocaine with baby powder. A: purify |
| Aesthetic | 1. pertaining to a sense of the beautiful; characterized by a love of beauty. 2. pertaining to pure emotion and sensation as opposed to pure intellectuality. The paintings were selected based on aesthetic merit. A: ugly. |
| Aggregate | 1. to bring together; collect into one sum, mass, or body. 2. a sum, mass, or assemblage of particulars; a total or gross amount. The quilt was an aggregate of the fabrics from her youth. A: individual |
| Alacrity | 1. cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness. 2. liveliness; briskness. She woke with alacrity for the journey ahead. A: reluctance. |
| Alleviate | to make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate. The advil alleviated her cramps. A: intensify. |
| Amalgamate | to mix or merge so as to make a combination; blend; unite. Smith and Evans hall have amalgamated into Smevans. A: separate. |
| Ambiguous | 1. open to or having several possible meanings, lacking clearness or definiteness. The song's meaning was ambiguous. A: explicit |
| Ambivalence | uncertainty or fluctuation; the coexistence within an individual of positive and negative feelings. She was ambivalent about the color of the drapes. A: certainty. |
| Ameliorate | to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve; meliorate. The discovery of food in the hatch ameliorated the survivors diets. A: worsen |
| Anachronism | something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time. The use of a cell phone on the Tudors would have been an anachronism. |
| Analogous | having analogy; corresponding in some particular. Her role had become analogous to that of a chambermaid. A: disparate |
| Anarchy | a state of society without government or law. Emma Goldman was regarded as the queen of anarchy. A: lawfulness |
| Anomalous | deviating from or inconsistent with the common order, form, or rule; irregular; abnormal. She was an anomalous student, but a brilliant one. A: conforming |
| Antipathy | an instinctive contrariety or opposition in feeling. She felt a sense of antipathy toward spiders. A: admiration |
| Apathy | lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting. Depressed people often exhibit apathy. A: passion |
| Appease | to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe. The US tried to appease Hitler before WW2. A: provoke. |
| Apprise | to give notice to; inform; advise. She was apprised of her mother's death. A: conceal |
| Approbation | approval; commendation. The mother showered her daughter with approbation at her graduation party. A: criticism. |
| Appropriate (v.) | 1. to set apart, authorize, or legislate for some specific purpose or use. 2. to take to or for oneself; take possession of. Her mother appropriated half of her birthday money into her college fund. |
| Arduous | 1. requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult. 2. hard to endure. It was an arduous climb. A: facile. |
| Artless | 1. free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous. 2. natural; simple; uncontrived. The forest was an artless beauty. A: pretentious |
| Ascetic | a person who leads an austerely simple life, a monk, hermit. After his drunk driving accident, he became an ascetic. A: indulgent. |
| Assiduous | constant; unremitting. He was an assiduous worker. A: negligent. |
| Assuage | 1. to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease. 2. to soothe, calm, or mollify. Nursing the baby assuaged her discomfort. A: exacerbate |
| Attenuate | 1. to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value. 2. to make thin; make slender or fine. Age attenuated the car's value. A: intensify. |
| Audacious | 1. extremely bold or daring. 2. extremely original. Judith Butler offered an audacious theory of the body. A: cautious |
| Austere | 1. severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding. 2. rigorously self-disciplined and severely moral. 3. grave; sober; solemn; serious. Aunt Lucy is austere. A: meek |
| Autonomous | not subject to control from outside; independent. Children strive to become autonomous as they age. A: dependent. |
| Aver | 1. to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner. 2. to allege as a fact. She averred that he had cheated, but had no proof. A: deny |
| Banal | devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite. She made a banal attempt at a joke. A: original |
| Belie | 1. to show to be false; contradict. 2. to misrepresent, lie. 3. to act unworthily. The right wing belied information about the health care reform. A: prove |
| Beneficent | doing good, altruistic. Bitterblue was a beneficent ruler. A: misanthropic. |
| Bolster | 1. a pillow. 2. to support with or as with a pillow or cushion. 3. to add to, support, or uphold. The supreme court bolstered abortion rights with the Roe V Wade decision. A: obstruct |
| Bombastic | high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious. Many philosophers' work is bombastic. A: humble. |
| Boorish | unmannered; crude; insensitive. Her table manners were boorish. A: refined. |
| Burgeon | to grow or develop quickly; flourish. At the age of 13, her bosom began to burgeon. A: shrink. |
| Burnish | 1. to polish, make smooth. 2. gloss; brightness; luster. She burnished the wood. A: tarnish |
| Buttress | 1. any prop or support. a bony protuberance, esp. on a horse's hoof. 3. to give encouragement or support to. The group buttressed her plan. A: weaken |
| Cacophonous | having a harsh or discordant sound. The middle school band was cacophonous. A: harmonious |
| Capricious | 1. subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; erratic. 2. fanciful or witty. She was capricious in her love life. A: staid |
| Castigation | severe criticism, punishment. Her crime was met with great castigation. A: adulation. |
| Catalyst | Something that initiates or causes an important event to happen. She was the catalyst in his self-transformation. A: blockage |
| Caustic | 1. capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue. 2. severely critical or sarcastic. He was a fan of caustic humor. A: mild |
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