[HEADER] Category=GRE Description=Word List No.

01 PrimaryField=1 SecondaryField=2 GroupField=3 TagField=4 [DATA] word definition part of speech high-frequency abase lower; humiliate verb abash embarrass verb abate subside; decrease, lessen verb abbreviate shorten verb abdicate renounce; give up verb aberrant abnormal or deviant noun abettor encourager noun abeyance suspended action noun abhor detest; hate verb abject wretched; lacking pride adjective abjure renounce upon oath verb ablution washing noun abnegation repudiation; self-sacrifice noun abolish cancel; put an end to verb abominate loathe; hate verb aboriginal being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native adjective abortive unsuccessful; fruitless adjective abrasive rubbing away; tending to grind down adjective abridge condense or shorten verb abrogate abolish verb abscond depart secretly and hide verb absolute complete; totally unlimited; certain adjective absolve pardon(an offense) verb abstain refrain; hold oneself voluntary form an action or practice verb abstemious sparing in eating and drinking; temperate adjective abstinence restrain from eating or drinking noun abstract theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational adjective * abstruse obscure; profound; difficult to understand adjective * abusive coarsely insulting; physically harmful adjective abut border upon; adjoin verb abysmal bottomless adjective accede agree verb accelerate move faster verb accessible easy to approach; obtainable adjective accessory additional object; useful but not essential thing noun acclaim applaud; announce with great approval verb * acclimate adjust to climate verb acclivity sharp upslope of a hill noun accolade award of merit noun * accommodate oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony, adapt verb accomplice partner in crime noun accord agreement noun accost approach and speak first to a person verb accoutre to equip verb accretion growth, increase noun accrue come about by addition verb acerbity bitterness of speech and temper noun

acetic vinegary adjective acidulous slightly sour; sharp, caustic adjective acknowledge recognize, admit verb acme top; pinnacle noun acoustics science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in noun acquiesce assent; agree passively verb * acquittal deliverance from a charge noun acrid sharp, bitterly pungent adjective acrimonious stinging, caustic adjective actuarial calculating, pertaining to insurance statistics adjective actuate motivate verb acuity sharpness noun acumen mental keenness noun acute quickly perceptive; keen; brief and severe adjective adage wise saying; proverb noun adamant hard; inflexible adjective adapt alter; modify verb addiction compulsive, habitual need noun addle to muddle; drive crazy; become rotten verb address to direct speech to; deal with or discuss verb adduce to present as evidence verb adept expert at adjective adhere stick last verb adherent supporter, follower noun adjunct something attached to but holding and inferior position noun adjuration solemn urging noun admonish warn; reprove verb * admonition warning noun adorn decorate verb adroit skillful adjective *