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GRE Test vocabulary A abase
& f4 D8 Y' Y* T& ?/ l, R9 z$ f[E5beis] v.
! w6 y( E2 ]+ J+ l ?[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 ) A1 I+ i$ j7 l( g7 q) B
[E5bAF] v.+ e$ t( v: _& i+ P v3 G, [* c0 e7 [8 _: O
[abashed; abashed; abashing] embarrass He was not at all abashed by her open admiration.
abate ; H* L+ z( R/ T; Z* B8 l
[E5beit] v.$ O* \0 p# P1 f" O; _% H+ S; u
[abated; abated; abating] subside or moderate Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate.
abbreviate
2 q" d7 L: c5 }% f g: T% l[E5bri:vieit] v.5 P5 u; P! _4 ^4 B- x0 c$ W
[abbreviated; abbreviated; abbreviating] shorten Because we were running out of time, the lecturer had to abbreviate her speech.
abdicate
7 z. m/ y- X; n1 K6 `8 j+ y[Abdi5keit] v.0 V+ g0 d, @9 s3 S; ^
[abdicated; abdicated; abdicating] renounce; give up When Edward VII abdicated the British throne, he surprised the entire world.
aberrant 7 }5 P' _( g/ u2 a! @
[A5berEnt] adj.
4 W/ N1 Z8 _" Z0 s: I! m4 [9 I6 Cabnormal or deviant Given the aberrant nature of the data, we came to doubt the validity of the entire experiment.
abet
5 U9 c& u! ^% _[E5bet] v.
, B% U& P- n, D, U3 r/ T[abetted; abetted; abetting] assist, usually in doing something wrong She was unwilling to abet him in the swindle he had planned.
abeyance % e( c/ @3 V, ]! ~5 d2 S8 |) C
[E5beiEns] n.2 V! T2 `; N& H( h1 i3 ?
suspended action The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.
abject
3 V" |: s( `) }[5AbdVekt] adj.
: o( u |. R0 |! U' Dwretched; lacking pride On the streets of New York the homeless live in abject poverty, huddling in doorways to find shelter from the wind.
abjure / \+ v, t% O7 o- R
[Eb5dVuE] v.' h' E, \" G* G9 g1 K) j% A% Z( t8 a
[abjured; abjured; abjuring] renounce upon oath He abjured his allegiance to the king.
ablution
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washing His daily ablutions were accompanied by loud noises that he humorously labeled "Opera in the Bath."
abnegation & o% W" X$ s# Y( B" P$ P0 ?: O
[Abni5geiFEn] n.% q0 k; T; m; T8 b4 f8 t
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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