combined kaplan & barrons high frequency words - gre
Combined Kaplan GRE Study Guide: Top GRE Words and Baron High-Frequency Vocabulary Word List
antipathy* apartheid 515 Total Words
Word
Definition
* denotes word appeared on both Baron and Kaplan lists abate* to reduce in amount, degree or severity abdicate to renounce or relinquish a throne aberrant abnormal or deviant abeyance suspended action abject utterly hopeless, humiliating or wretched abjure to renounce on oath ablution act of cleansing abrogate to abolish by formal means abscond* depart secretly and hide abstemious* sparing in eating and drinking; temperate abstruse hard to understand; secret, hidden accretion an increase by natural growth acerbic sour or astringent in taste, harsh in temper acquiesce to comply, give in acrid sharp or biting to the taste or smell acrimonious caustic, stinging or bitter in nature adjoin* to be close or in contact with adjure to beg or command to counsel against something; caution; admonish warn; reprove to make impure by adding inferior or tainted adulterate* substances adventitious accidental artistic; dealing with or capable of aesthetic appreciating the beautiful affable friendly, courteous to increase in power, influence and aggrandize reputation aggregate gather; accumulate alacrity cheerful promptness; eagerness alleviate relieve a person unselfishly concerned for the altruist welfare of others amalgamate combine; unite in one body amatory of or pertaining to lovers or lovemaking ambiguous unclear or doubtful in meaning the state of having contradictory or ambivalence conflicting emotional attitudes ameliorate to make better; to improve amity friendship; peaceful harmony something or someone misplaced in time; anachronism* an obsolete or archaic form analogous comparable absence of governing body; state of anarchy disorder any substance that promotes masculine androgen characteristics androgynous being both male and female
antipathy* apartheid 515 Total Words
Word
Definition
* denotes word appeared on both Baron and Kaplan lists abate* to reduce in amount, degree or severity abdicate to renounce or relinquish a throne aberrant abnormal or deviant abeyance suspended action abject utterly hopeless, humiliating or wretched abjure to renounce on oath ablution act of cleansing abrogate to abolish by formal means abscond* depart secretly and hide abstemious* sparing in eating and drinking; temperate abstruse hard to understand; secret, hidden accretion an increase by natural growth acerbic sour or astringent in taste, harsh in temper acquiesce to comply, give in acrid sharp or biting to the taste or smell acrimonious caustic, stinging or bitter in nature adjoin* to be close or in contact with adjure to beg or command to counsel against something; caution; admonish warn; reprove to make impure by adding inferior or tainted adulterate* substances adventitious accidental artistic; dealing with or capable of aesthetic appreciating the beautiful affable friendly, courteous to increase in power, influence and aggrandize reputation aggregate gather; accumulate alacrity cheerful promptness; eagerness alleviate relieve a person unselfishly concerned for the altruist welfare of others amalgamate combine; unite in one body amatory of or pertaining to lovers or lovemaking ambiguous unclear or doubtful in meaning the state of having contradictory or ambivalence conflicting emotional attitudes ameliorate to make better; to improve amity friendship; peaceful harmony something or someone misplaced in time; anachronism* an obsolete or archaic form analogous comparable absence of governing body; state of anarchy disorder any substance that promotes masculine androgen characteristics androgynous being both male and female