GRE VOCABULARY WORDS 500+ PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED (2024/2025) (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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GRE VOCABULARY WORDS 500+ PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED (2024/2025) (VERIFIED ANSWERS)GRE VOCABULARY WORDS 500+ PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED (2024/2025) (VERIFIED ANSWERS)GRE VOCABULARY WORDS 500+ PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED (2024/2025) (VERIFIED ANSWERS...
GRE VOCABULARY WORDS 500+
PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS UPDATED (2024/2025)
(VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Accretion - ANS ✓(n.) An increase brought about by natural growth; (n.) An
increase in a beneficiary's awarded portion of an estate
Acetic - ANS ✓(adj.) Containing or relating to acetic acid; vinegary smell or taste,
particularly in relation to wine
Acidulous - ANS ✓(adj.) Tasting sour like
Acme - ANS ✓(n.) The highest degree or level attainable, the highest point of
something; mature age; (n.) The crisis or height of a disease
Acquiescence - ANS ✓(n.) Acceptance without resistance or protest; assent or
submission; (n.) In criminal law: submission to an injury by the injured party
Acquiescent - ANS ✓(adj.) Willing to carry out someone else's orders or wishes
without any protest or dissent; (adj.) Submissive
Actuate - ANS ✓(v.) To trigger a reaction or to move and incite to action; (v.) To
carry out or perform
Adapt - ANS ✓(v.) To modify or change to suit a new purpose or conditions; (v.)
To conform one's own self to new conditions or a new environment
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Addiction - ANS ✓(n.) A situation in which someone is dependent on something
that is physiologically and/or psychologically habit forming, particularly in
relation to alcohol or drugs
Adhere - ANS ✓(v.) To be in accordance with or compatible with; to carry out a
plan without deviation; (v.) To come into close contact with; to be a devoted
supporter or follower, in a religious sense
Adipose - ANS ✓(adj.) Composed of animal fat
Admonish - ANS ✓(v.) To counsel in relation to one's negative behavior; (v.) To
warn against strongly; (v.) To take to task
Adulterate - ANS ✓(adj.) Mixed with impurities; (v.) To corrupt or debase by
adding a foreign substance
Adumbration - ANS ✓(n.) A rough summary of the main aspects of an argument
or theory; providing vague indications of something in advance
Adversity - ANS ✓(n.) A state of affliction or misfortune; extreme challenge or
hardship; (n.) A stroke of excessively bad fortune
Advert - ANS ✓(v.) To give heed to; (v.) To make a subversive or overt reference
to
Advocate: (n.) A person who stands for and/or pleads for a cause, idea or
person; (n.) A lawyer who pleads a case in a court of law; (v.) To push for or
recommend something; (v.) To argue in favor of
Aerie - ANS ✓(n.) A lofty nest of a bird of prey, such as an eagle or hawk; (n.) A
habitation of high altitude
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Aesthetic - ANS ✓(adj.) Relating to beauty or good taste; (n.) A specialty in
philosophy that relates to what is beautiful and how humans respond to art and
beauty in the world
Affable - ANS ✓(adj.) Exemplifying warmth and friendliness; (adj.) Gracious and
mild
Affected - ANS ✓(adj.) Acted on or influenced; (adj.) Experiencing an emotional
impact
Aggrandize - ANS ✓(v.) To add details to; to increase in power; (v.) To make
something appear exceedingly great or exalted
Affiliation - ANS ✓(n.) Association in or with a professional or societal group;
(n.) Connection in terms of descent (from birth)
Affinity - ANS ✓(n.) The force which attracts atoms and binds them together in
the formation of a molecule; (n.) A close connection marked by shared interests
or similarities; an intrinsic resemblance between persons and/or things; a
natural attraction to or feeling of kinship for; (adj.) Kinship by marriage or
adoption
Affray - ANS ✓(n.) A noisy fight or quarrel; the act of disturbing someone; fear or
fright
Agape - ANS ✓(adj.) With the mouth wide open due to wonder or awe; (n.) A
religious meal shared as a sign of fellowship, love, and respect
Aggregate - ANS ✓(n.) Gathered or having a tendency to gather in a mass or
whole; (n.) The whole amount; (v.) To gather in a mass or whole
Aghast - ANS ✓(adj.) Struck with fear, disgust, dismay and/or horror
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Agnostic - ANS ✓(adj.) Uncertain of all claims relating to knowledge; (n.) A
person who doubts the truth of religion and/or does not hold a particular view or
perspective on the existence or nonexistence of God
Alacrity - ANS ✓(n.) Cheerful readiness, promptness, eagerness
Agrarian - ANS ✓(adj.) Agricultural or relating to farms and agriculture, fields or
lands; (n.) A person in favor of an equal division of property
Alchemy - ANS ✓(n.) A forerunner of chemistry, originating from the medieval
era; (n.) The manner in which two individuals relate to each other
Alias - ANS ✓(n.) A temporarily assumed name, other than one's real name
Allay - ANS ✓(v.) To lessen the intensity of; (v.) To calm; to quench, particularly
in terms of thirst
Allege: (v.) To report or accuse
Alleviate - ANS ✓(v.) To provide physical relief, particularly from pain; (v.) To
make easier
Allocate - ANS ✓(v.) To distribute according to a particular plan; (v.) To set aside
Aloof - ANS ✓(adj.) To be somewhat at a distance or apart from a crowd;
detached or reserved in mannerisms
Altercation - ANS ✓(n.) A quarrel or argument
Amalgamation - ANS ✓(n.) The mixing or blending together of various elements,
including races or societies; (n.) The result of such blending; (n.) The
combination of two or more commercial companies
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