5000 GRE Vocabulary Words
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n. manual computing device consisting of a frame holding parallel rods strung with movable counters That would be awesome - a typical abacus can count up to something like 11 million. |
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aberrant |
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n. abnormal; markedly different from an accepted norm Given the aberrant nature of the data, we doubted the validity of the entire experiment. |
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abode |
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n. act of waiting; delay; stay or continuance in a place I shall take up my abode in a religious house near Lisle - a nunnery you would call it; there, I shall be quiet and unmolested. |
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abominable |
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a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad Mary liked John until she learned he was dating Susan; then she called him an abominable young man. |
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aboriginal |
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a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native Her studies of the primitive art forms of the aboriginal Indians were widely reported in scientific journals. |
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abound |
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v. be full of; be plentiful The rooms abound with screaming children. |
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abstain |
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v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice After considering the effect of alcohol on his athletic performance, he decided to abstain from drinking while he trained for the race. |
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absurdity |
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n. quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment; logical contradiction His story of being kidnapped by little green men is sheer absurdity. |
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abut |
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v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent Where our estates abut, we must build a fence. |
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abysmal |
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a. bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad She spent hours sitting alone, in abysmal misery, because it seemed to be in plain sight, yet she couldn't define it. |
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accentuate |
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v. emphasize; stress; pronounce with stress or accent; mark with an accent John said the overwhelming demand for transportation fuels would again accentuate the need for increased drilling, but that might take months. |
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acclaim |
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v. applaud; announce with great approval The NBC sportscasters will acclaim every American victory in the Olympics. |
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accrue |
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v. increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth; accumulate over time The Premier League awards three points for a win and one for a draw, so in a 38-game season, the maximum a team can accrue is 114 points. |
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accumulate |
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v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase The tendency of Capital to accumulate is a big threat to the free market. |
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acorn |
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n. fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup; a cone-shaped piece of wood It is a small cup-shaped structure or organ, such as the cup at the base of an acorn or one of the suckers on the feet of certain flies. |
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acoustics |
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n. science of sound; the quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in Music lovers like Carnegie Hall because of its fine acoustics. |
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acumen |
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n. mental keenness; quickness of perception However, her team's political acumen is clearly beyond mine, an Ivy League Medical Science Professor and NOT a Political 'Science' Professor. |
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adage |
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n. wise saying; brief familiar proverb; expression of popular wisdom After reflecting on how I felt a year ago during the election itself and how I feel now, I do have to say that the adage is true: governing is harder than campaigning. |
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adaptable |
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a. flexible; becoming or being made suitable to a particular situation or use It made this sofa not only functional but also adaptable to any contemporary interior design. |
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addendum |
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n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book The date on the bottom of the addendum is April 2007. |