GRE - Top 300 Words
aberrant - answer deviating from what is normal
abeyance - answer temporary suppression or suspension
abscond - answer to depart secretly
abstemious - answer moderate in appetite
admonish - answer to caution or reprimand
aesthetic - answer relating to beauty or art
aggregate - answer amounting to a whole; total
alacrity - answer cheerful willingness; eagerness; speed
amalgamate - answer to combine into a unified whole
ambiguous - answer unclear or doubtful in meaning
ambivalence - answer the state of having conflicting emotional attitudes
ameliorate - answer to improve
anachronism - answer something out of the proper time
analogous - answer comparable
antipathy - answer dislike, hostility
apprise - answer to inform
approbation - answer praise; approval
appropriate - answer to take possession for one's own use; confiscate
artless - answer guileless; natural
ascetic - answer one who practices self-denial assiduous - answer diligent; hard-working
assuage - answer to make less severe
attenuate - answer to weaken
audacious - answer bold; daring
austere - answer stern; unadorned
autonomous - answer self-governing; independent
aver - answer to affirm;declare to be true
banal - answer commonplace; trite
belie - answer to contradict; misrepresent; give false impression
beneficent - answer kindly; doing good
bombastic - answer pompous; using inflated language
boorish - answer rude; insensitive
burgeon - answer to flourish
burnish - answer to polish
buttress - answer to reinforce; support
cacophonous - answer unpleasant or harsh-sounding
capricious - answer to be fickle
castigation - answer punishment; chastisement; criticism
catalyst - answer something causing change
causal - answer involving a cause
chicanery - answer trickery; fraud
coagulate - answer thicken; congeal
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