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GRE Test vocabulary

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abase
1 D0 F( y4 V, z0 n0 ][
E5beis]

v.
" Z0 Z7 s! ^% E; w[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
) F7 H. q6 e( P% O# E- g$ t2 c. K[
E5bAF]

v.; U' C+ `3 y+ o' n" m- [# M0 C$ m
[abashed; abashed; abashing] embarrass

He was not at all abashed by her open admiration.

abate
; D( \$ Q6 G. K! o# l/ @, Z5 b4 w[
E5beit]

v.* {* Z' ?9 m8 u$ q+ d7 k$ S
[abated; abated; abating] subside or moderate

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

abbreviate 8 J- _  \) ]6 t0 q8 r
[
E5bri:vieit]

v.
) u+ G5 J* V/ R[abbreviated; abbreviated; abbreviating] shorten

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

abdicate 5 I/ l  c6 s3 v: B3 r# {
[
Abdi5keit]

v.
, }' g7 F" K$ E3 b% E  A[abdicated; abdicated; abdicating] renounce; give up

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

aberrant - K: `7 t% f% C& v0 Q% y' H! D7 Z/ u
[
A5berEnt]

adj.1 f' A) I" O1 d
abnormal or deviant

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

abet # R$ M6 n1 N- B! B% j' u
[
E5bet]

v.* V+ M( E' U+ r
[abetted; abetted; abetting] assist, usually in doing something wrong

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

abeyance
5 A1 x; z! Z% ]$ q' |[
E5beiEns]

n.
0 c) r: A# ~2 }# Psuspended action

The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.

abject
8 q' a/ K2 ~* [$ [( [[
5AbdVekt]

adj.7 A" H) E9 y% C6 ?
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 . x! C: p/ |& H3 O! c
[
Eb5dVuE]

v.# J" N& `& ~" D7 f0 T! a4 J
[abjured; abjured; abjuring] renounce upon oath

He abjured his allegiance to the king.

ablution 4 u) b7 C4 [' p; t8 d
[
E5blu:FEn]

n.
  q9 W% R) o& l" I, I- ]/ zwashing

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

abnegation : U( Z9 g* i+ k1 `. l* ~4 g& t
[
Abni5geiFEn]

n.$ N, j' m6 h! u0 J2 P9 x
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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