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GRE Test vocabulary

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abase
/ W$ Z& X6 q* p9 N0 i[
E5beis]

v.$ G& W9 ~4 u  K! K
[abased; abased; abasing] lower; degrade; humiliate

Anna expected to have to curtsy to the King of Siam; when told to cast herself down on the ground before him, however she refused to abase herself.

abash
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E5bAF]

v.
9 {/ ^& }% R8 h) [1 j1 Y[abashed; abashed; abashing] embarrass

He was not at all abashed by her open admiration.

abate   d6 \; c3 C- j% c: n' l$ n8 }) [
[
E5beit]

v.4 F5 q7 F, |% \8 s- }1 u2 |) o
[abated; abated; abating] subside or moderate

Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate.

abbreviate
! a2 B$ J% R- M4 Z[
E5bri:vieit]

v.
5 w+ [2 }& ^7 F: K9 K8 e/ l% G[abbreviated; abbreviated; abbreviating] shorten

Because we were running out of time, the lecturer had to abbreviate her speech.

abdicate 0 m& u/ O) h7 p1 s  J; L: w# N5 T
[
Abdi5keit]

v.
) k9 f: K% K# W" Y) |[abdicated; abdicated; abdicating] renounce; give up

When Edward VII abdicated the British throne, he surprised the entire world.

aberrant
2 A0 W1 N4 W6 ]" o1 C[
A5berEnt]

adj.0 Z$ i9 E& n3 k- b
abnormal or deviant

Given the aberrant nature of the data, we came to doubt the validity of the entire experiment.

abet # [# r0 v# }/ R7 K9 F5 H
[
E5bet]

v.# K* t' J3 b: `: V8 @% N3 L# ?( c
[abetted; abetted; abetting] assist, usually in doing something wrong

She was unwilling to abet him in the swindle he had planned.

abeyance
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E5beiEns]

n.
  c0 J: m; n9 G1 g! lsuspended action

The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.

abject # w! N9 t- @0 |. J  b3 |3 s
[
5AbdVekt]

adj.2 K  B$ p" O8 d7 O2 ]9 Y
wretched; lacking pride

On the streets of New York the homeless live in abject poverty, huddling in doorways to find shelter from the wind.

abjure 2 L3 E6 w$ b5 w7 q; b
[
Eb5dVuE]

v.% V5 ?3 i+ J. f6 y' T$ I0 }& \
[abjured; abjured; abjuring] renounce upon oath

He abjured his allegiance to the king.

ablution 3 k& l" e9 |; V$ V! W$ H  a% I
[
E5blu:FEn]

n.
6 R+ u, @6 i; ]washing

His daily ablutions were accompanied by loud noises that he humorously labeled "Opera in the Bath."

abnegation 9 w1 Y) I) j* [3 o& J7 r
[
Abni5geiFEn]

n.
+ e- U7 g4 G1 E3 \renunciation; self-sacrifice

Though Rudolph and Duchess Flavia loved one another, their love was doomed, for she had to wed the king; their act of abnegation was necessary to preserve the kingdom.

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