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Barron's GRE 333 High Frequency Words (ameliorate: to make better…
Barron's GRE 333 High Frequency Words
abate
: become less in amount or intensity
amalgamate
: to bring or combine together or with something else
assuage
: make an unpleasant feeling less intense
ambiguous
: having two or more meanings
attenuate
: become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
alleviate
: make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe
ameliorate
: to make better
beneficent
: doing/producing good
aggregate
: a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
ambivalence
: having mixed feelings
aberrant
: markedly different from an accepted norm
anomalous
: deviating from the general or common order or type
aesthetic
: concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
abscond
: run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
abeyance
: temporary suspension or cessation
abstemious
: sparing in consumption of especially food and drink
adulterate
: corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
admonish
: to express warning or disapproval to especially in a gentle, earnest, or solicitous manner
castigation
: infliction of harsh punishment
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alacrity
: liveliness or eagerness
apprise
: to inform
appease
: to pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands
artless
: natural and simple, without cunning or deceit
bombastic
: ostentatiously lofty style
boorish
: ill-mannered, coarse contemptible in behavior or appearance
approbation
: official approval
anachronism
: something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
anarchy
: state of lawlessness and disorder
arduous
: Involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring
assiduous
: marked by care and persistent effort
antipathy
: intense dislike
apathy
: lack of emotion or enthusiasm
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cacophonous
: having an unpleasant sound
aver
: to officially/formally declare something as true
audacious
: showing a willingness to take bold risks
appropriate
: suitable
austere
: of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
banal
: so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring
autonomous
: existing as an independent entity
bolster
: to support and strengthen
burgeon
: to flourish and grow
ascetic
: someone who practices self-denial as a spiritual discipline
belie
: fail to give a true notion or impression; disguise or contradict
burnish
: to polish and make shiny
buttress
: support for wall usually made of stone or brick
capricious
: determined by chance, impulse or whim rather than by necessity and reason
caustic
: of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
chincanery
: the use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose
coagulate
: change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
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