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GRE Vocab Session 2: "A" words
GRE Vocabulary words
27
Language - English
Graduate
10/27/2008

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Adulation
Definition
Wild or excessive admiration; flattery.
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Alacrity
Definition
Cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond.
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Ameliorate
Definition
To make better or more tolerable.
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Amenable
Definition
Obedient; willing to give in to the wishes of others.
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Anecdote
Definition
a short account of a humorous or revealing incident.
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Antecedent
Definition
Sb or sth that went before; sth that provides a model for sth that came after it.
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Aphorism
Definition
a brief, often witty saying; a proverb.
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Apotheosis
Definition
Elevating to divine status; the perfect example of sth.
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Apprehensive
Definition
Worried; anxious.
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Approbation
Definition
Approval; praise.
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Arbiter
Definition
one who decides; a judge.
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Arcane
Definition
only known to a select few; mysterious.
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Ardent
Definition
passionate.
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Arduous
Definition
hard; difficult
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Artifice
Definition
A clever trick; cunning.
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Ascendancy
Definition
Supremacy; domination.
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Assiduous
Definition
hard working; busy; quite diligent.
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Assuage
Definition
to soothe; to pacify; to ease the pain of; to relieve;
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Astute
Definition
Keen judgment;
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Attrition
Definition
gradual wearing away, weakening or loss; a natural or expected decrease in number or size.
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Auspicious
Definition
favorable; promising; pointing to a good result.
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Austere
Definition
unadorned; stern; forbidding; w/o excess.
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Autocratic
Definition
ruling w/ absolute authority; extremely bossy.
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Avarice
Definition
greed; excessive love of riches.
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Avuncular
Definition
like an uncle; esp. like a nice uncle.
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Attenuate
Definition
reduce in thickness.
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Acuity
Definition
Keenness of perception.
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