Barron 800 Essential Words for GRE Terms - Abate...Admonish

Sep 28, 2026

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Vocabulary list from Barron 800 Essential Words for GRE, presenting GRE-style terms followed by concise definitions. Entries cover a broad range of word meanings and usage, including verbs, adjectives, and nouns such as to decrease, to give up power, deviating from normal, temporary suppression, miserable, to reject formally, and the act of cutting. The document functions as a study reference for building word knowledge through rapid term-definition review.

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Abate - Admonish

Barron 800 Essential Words for GRE Terms abate abdicate aberrant abeyance abject abjure abscission abscond abstemious abstinence abysmal accretion accrue adamant adjunct admonish adulterate aesthetic affected affinity Definitions to decrease; reduce to give up a position, right, or power deviating from what is normal temporary suppression or suspension miserable; pitiful to reject; abandon formally the act of cutting; the natural separation of a leafor other part ofa plant to depart secretly moderate in appetite the giving up of certain pleasures very bad growth in size or increase in amount to accumulate; grow by additions uncompromising; unyielding something added, attached, or joined to caution or reprimand to corrupt or make impure relating to beauty or the arts pretentious; phony fondness; liking; similarity aggrandize aggregate alacrity alchemy allay alleviate alloy allure amalgamate ambiguous ambivalence ambrosia ameliorate amenable amenity amulet anachronism analgesic analogous anarchy anodyne anomalous antecedent to make larger or greater amounting to a whole; total cheerful willingness; eagerness; speed medieval chemical philosophy based on changing metal into gold; a seemingly magical power or process of transmutation to lessen; ease; soothe to relieve; improve partially a combination; a mixture of two or more metals the power to entice by charm to combine into a unified whole unclear or doubtful in meaning the state of having conflicting emotional attitudes something delicious; the food of the gods to improve agreeable; cooperative; suited something that increases comfort ornament worn as a charm against evil spirits something out of the proper time medication that reduces or eliminates pain comparable absence of government; state of disorder something that calms or soothes pain irregular; deviating from the norm something that comes before antediluvian antipathy apathy apex apogee apothegm appease appellation apposite apprise approbation appropriate apropos arabesque archeology ardor arduous argot arrest artifact artless ascetic asperity prehistoric dislike; hostility indifference the highest point the point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited; the highest point a terse, witty saying to calm, pacify, placate name strikingly appropriate and relevant to inform praise, approval to take possession of for one's own use; confiscate relevant ornate design featuring intertwined curves; a ballet position in which one leg is extended in back while the other supports the weight of the body the study of material evidence of past human life great emotion or passion extremely difficult; laborious a specialized vocabulary used by a group to stop; to seize item made by human craft guileless; natural one who practices self-denial severity; harshness; irritability aspersion slander; false rumor assiduous diligent; hard-working assuage to make less severe astringent harsh; severe asylum place of refuge or shelter in biology, the reappearance of a characteristic in an organism after atavism several generations of absence; individual or a part that exhibits atavism; return of a trait after a period of absence attenuate to weaken audacious bold; daring austere stern; unadorned; simple autonomous self-governing; independent avarice greed aver to affirm; declare to be true avocation secondary occupation avuncular like an uncle, benevolent and tolerant axiomatic taken for granted; self-evident truth bacchanalian pertaining to riotous or drunken festivity; pertaining to revelry banal commonplace; trite banter playful conversation bard poet bawdy obscene beatify to sanctify; to bless; to ascribe a virtue to bedize

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What format does the document use for GRE vocabulary study?

Each entry lists a GRE-style term followed by a direct, brief definition.

Does the document include both verbs and adjectives?

Yes. The terms span multiple parts of speech, including verbs (e.g., to decrease) and adjectives (e.g., miserable).

How can the reader use this document effectively?

Use the term-definition pairs for systematic review, focusing on meaning recall and word recognition across the listed sequence.

Sep 28, 2026

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