GRE 333 words

Frage	Antworten
ABATE	SUBSIDE; MODERATE Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate
ABERRANT (ABERRATION)	ABNORMAL; DEVIANT Given the aberrant nature of the data, we came to doubt the validity of the entire experiment
ABEYANCE	SUSPENDED ACTION; PAUSE The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival
ABSCOND	DEPART SECRETLY AND HIDE The teller who absconded with the bonds went uncaptured until someone recognised him from his photograph in America's Most Wanted
ABSTEMIOUS ABSTINENCE	SPARING IN EATING AND DRINKING; TEMPERATE Concerned whether her vegetarian son's diet provided him with sufficient protein, the worried mother pressed food on him
ADMONISH	WARN; REPROVE When her courtiers questioned her religious beliefs, Mary admonished them, declaring that she would worship as she pleased
ADULTERATE ADULTERATION	MAKE IMPURE BY ADDING INFERIOR OR TAINTED SUBSTANCES It is a serious crime to adulterate foods without informing the buyer
AESTHETIC AESTHETE	ARTISTIC; RELATING TO BEAUTY The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Alice's aesthetic nature
AGGREGATE AGGREGATION	GATHER; ACCUMULATE Before the Wall Street scandals, dealers in so-called junk bonds managed to aggregate great wealth in short periods of time
ACLARITY	EAGERNESS; CHEERFUL PROMPTNESS Phil and Dave were racing to get off to the mountains, they packed up their ski gear and climbed into the van with aclarity
ALLEVIATE	RELIEVE This should alleviate the pain; if it does not, we shall have to use stronger drugs
AMALGAMATE	COMBINE; UNITE IN ONE BODY The unions will attempt to amalgamate their groups into one national body
AMBIVALENCE AMBIVALENT	MIXED OR CONTRADICTORY FEELINGS Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next, she was confused by the ambivalence of her feelings
AMELIORATE	IMPROVE Many social workers have attempted to ameliorate the conditions of people living in the slums
ANACHRONISM ANACHRONISTIC	BELONGING IN ANOTHER TIME Shakespeare's reference to clocks in Julius Caesar is an anachronism; no clocks existed in Caesar's time
ANALOGOUS ANALOGY	SIMILAR; COMPARABLE She called our attention to the things that had been done in an analogous situation and recommended that we do the same
ANARCHY	DISORDER; ABSENCE OF GOVERNING BODY The assassination of the leaders led to a period of anarchy
ANOMALOUS ANOMALY	ABNORMAL; IRREGULAR She was placed in the anomalous position of seeming to approve procedures that she despised
ANTIPATHY	DISLIKE; AVERSION Tom's extreme antipathy for disputes keeps him from getting into arguments with his temperamental wife
APATHY APATHETIC	INDIFFERENCE; LACK OF CARING A firm believer in democratic government, she could not understand the apathy of people who never bothered to vote
APPEASE APPEASEMENT	SOOTHE; PACIFY; RELIEVE Tom and Jody tried to appease the crying baby by offering him one toy after another
APPRISE	INFORM When NASA was apprised of the dangerous weather conditions, they decided to postpone the shuttle launch
APPROBATION	APPROVAL Wanting her parent's regard, she looked fr some sign of their approbation
APPROPRIATE	ACQUIRE; TAKE POSSESSION OF FOR ONE'S OWN USE The ranch owners appropriated the lands that had originally been set aside for the Indian's use
ARDUOUS	HARD; STRENUOUS Her arduous efforts had sapped her energy
COMMENSURATE	TO BE IN PROPORTION OR CORRESPONDING IN DEGREE OR AMOUNT The convicted felon's life sentence was commensurate with the heinousness of his crime
PAROCHIAL	NARROWLY RESTRICTED IN SCOPE OR OUTLOOK Her relationship with him did not work because his culinary tastes were simply too parochial
ICONOCLAST	SOMEONE WHO OPPOSES BELIEFS THAT ARE WIDELY ACCEPTED Lady Gaga, in challenging what it means to be clothed, is an iconoclast for wearing a 'meat dress' to a show
VENALITY	THE CONDITION OF BEING SUSCEPTIBLE TO BRIBES OR CORRUPTION Even some of the most sacred sporting events are not immune to venality
HARANGUE	A LONG POMPOUS SPEECH Tired of his parents haranguing him about his laziness, he finally moved out at the age of 35
FRUGAL	SPENDING WISELY Monte was no miser, but was simply frugal, wisely spending the little that he earned
INTIMATE INTIMATION	TO SUGGEST SOMETHING SUBTLY At first his teachers intimated to his parents that he was not suited to skip a grade
VENERATE	TO RESPECT DEEPLY The prof was venerated amongst his colleagues, publishing more papers than all of them put together
ACRIMONY	BITTERNESS AND ILL WILL The acrimony between the president and vice president sent a clear signal to the voters
MERCURIAL	UNEXPECTED AND UNPREDICTABLE CHANGES IN MOOD The fact that her moods were as mercurial as the weather was problematic
IMPERTINENT	BEING DISRESPECTFUL; IMPROPERLY FORWARD OR BOLD Dexter found the police officer's questions impertinent
AMALGAM	A MIXTURE OF MULTIPLE THINGS The band's music was an amalgam of hiphop and jazz
LACONIC	ONE WHO SAYS VERY FEW WORDS Martha always swooned over the hunky, laconic types
IRREFUTABLE	CERTAIN The existence of life on earth is irrefutable
ADVOCATE	SUPPORT A CAUSE While senator privately approved of gay marriage, he was unwilling to advocate for the cause in public
DELEGATE	ASSIGN She was forced to delegate many of her responsibilities to two lower level managers

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