Barron GRE Vocabulary List

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 Group 1 - Spelling Practices
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make shorter; reduce to shorter form intended to represent full form, as for word or phrase


Spelling Word: abbreviate
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award of merit; expression of approval; praise


Spelling Word: accolade
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extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding


Spelling Word: adamant
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expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude


Spelling Word: adept
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adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near


Spelling Word: adjacent
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support; active pleading on behalf of something


Spelling Word: advocacy
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natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage


Spelling Word: affinity
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symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form


Spelling Word: allegory
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provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part


Spelling Word: alleviate
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lacking moral sensibility; not caring about right and wrong.


Spelling Word: amoral