500+ Practice GRE Vocabulary Words

abase - Answer- (v.) to humiliate, cause to feel shame; (v.) to hurt the pride of abash - Answer- (v.) to embarrass; to cause to be embarrassed abate - Answer- (v.) to make less active or intense; (v.) to become less in intensity abdicate - Answer- (v.) to give up power aberration - Answer- (n.) an aberrant state or condition; (n.) a disorder in a person's mental state; an optical phenomenon which results from the failure of a mirror or lens to produce a good image abet - Answer- (v.) to assist or encourage, , often in the case of wrongdoing; (v.) to support, uphold, or maintain; (v.) to contribute to the commission of an offense abeyance - Answer- (n.) a temporary suspension or cessation; (n.) a temporary suppression abhor - Answer- (v.) to find repugnant, or to shrink back with dislike or horror abjure - Answer- (v.) to reject something; (v.) to retract an oath; (v.) to recant aboriginal - Answer- (n.) an original inhabitant of any land; (n.) an animal or plant native to the region abortive - Answer- (adj.) failing to accomplish an original intent or goal; (adj.) imperfectly formed or developed; (n.) something that is born prematurely; (adj.) made from the skin of a still-born animal abscond - Answer- (v.) to run away, often taking someone or something along; (v.) to hide, withdraw or be concealed absolve - Answer- (v.) to release from moral wrongdoing; (v.) to grant remission of a sin abstain - Answer- (v.) to refrain from engaging in a certain act; (v.) to voluntarily refrain from, especially when having to do with an act involving the appetite or senses abstemious - Answer- (adj.) sparing in consumption of, especially in relation to food and drink; (adj.) marked by moderation in indulgence abyss - Answer- (n.) a gulf or pit that is either bottomless or which possesses an unfathomable and inconceivable depth; (n.) infinite time aby