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Aberration – GRE
straying away from what is normal

Abeyance - GRE
suspended action

Abhor - GRE
to hate, to detest

Abide - GRE
be faithful to; endure

Abjure - GRE
promise or swear
to give up

Abet - GRE
help/encourage somebody (in doing wrong)

Abraded - GRE
rubbed off, worn away by friction

Abrasion - GRE

rubbing, scraping,
wearing off

Abrogate - GRE

repeal or annul by
authority

Abscond - GRE

to go away suddenly
(to avoid arrest)

Abstruse - GRE

difficult to comprehend; obscure

Abundant - GRE

plentiful

Abut - GRE

border on

Abysmal - GRE

bottomless, extreme
Acarpous - GRE

effete, no longer fertile,
worn out

Accentuate - GRE

give more force or
attention to

Acclaimed - GRE

welcomed with shouts and approval

Accolade - GRE

praise, approval

Accretion - GRE

the growing of
separate things into
one

Acquiesce in - GRE

agree (without protest)

Acquisition - GRE

something acquired,
acquiring

Adamant - GRE

kind of stone;
inflexible

Adhere - GRE

remain faithful, stick
fast to

Adhesion - GRE

adhering, support

Adjacent - GRE

lying near, next

Admonitory - GRE

containing warning

Adorn - GRE

add beauty; decorate

Adulteration - GRE

making unpure, poorer in quality

Affable - GRE

polite and friendly

Affinity - GRE

close connection,
relationship

Aggravate - GRE

make worse; irritate

Agile - GRE

active, quick-moving

Agog - GRE

eager/excited

Ail - GRE

trouble; be ill

Alacrity - GRE

eager and cheerful
readiness

Alcove - GRE

recess/partially
enclosed place

Alienate - GRE

estrange

Allegiance - GRE

duty, support, loyalty

Alleviate - GRE

make (pain) easier to bear

Alloy - GRE

to debase by mixing with something inferior

Aloof - GRE

reserved, indifferent

Amalgamate - GRE

mix, combine, unite societies

Ambidextrous - GRE

able to use the left hand or the
right equally well

Ambiguous - GRE

doubtful, uncertain

Ambivalent - GRE

having both of two contrary
meanings

Ameliorate - GRE

improve, make better

Amendment - GRE

improving

Amicable - GRE

friendly

Amortize - GRE

end (a debt) by setting aside
money

Amplify - GRE

make large or fuller, increase
the strength

Anguish - GRE

severe suffering

Animosity - GRE

strong dislike

Annul - GRE

put an end to

Anticlimax - GRE

sudden fall

Antidote - GRE

medicine used against a poison or a disease

Antithetical - GRE

direct opposing

Apartheid - GRE

brutal racial discrimination

Apathetic - GRE

indifference

Aplomb - GRE

self-confidence

Apostate - GRE

one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions

Apotheosis - GRE

deification, glorification to godliness

Appease - GRE

make quiet or calm

Apprehensive - GRE

grasping, understanding; fear, unhappy feeling about future

Apprise - GRE

give notice to, inform

Approbation - GRE

approval

Appropriate - GRE

take for one's own
use, acquire, set aside

Apropos - GRE

appropriate to the situation; apt

Apt - GRE

well-suited, quick-witted

Arabesque - GRE

whimsical

Arbitrate - GRE

decide by arbitration
Arboreal - GRE

of connected with trees

Ardently - GRE

with full of ardor

Ardor - GRE

enthusiasm

Arduous - GRE

steep, difficult ascent; laborious

Argot - GRE

jargon, slang

Arrant - GRE

in the highest degree

Arrogance - GRE

proud, superior manner of behaviour

Articulate - GRE

speak distinctly, connect by joints

Ascend - GRE

go or come up

Ascent - GRE

the act of ascending

Ascertain - GRE

get to know

Ascetic - GRE

practicing self-denial, austere, stark

Ascribe - GRE

consider to be the origin of or belonging to

Aseptic - GRE

surgically clean

Asperity - GRE

roughness, harshness, ill temper, irritability

Aspersion - GRE

slander

Assail with - GRE

attack violently

Asset - GRE

valuable quality, something that has money value

Assiduous - GRE

diligent, hard-working, sedulous

Assuage - GRE

make something (pain, desire) less

Assumption - GRE

something supposed but not proved

Asterisk - GRE

the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)

Astringent - GRE

substance that shrinks

Astute - GRE

clever; quick at seeing to get
an advantage

Atonement - GRE

repayment; death of Jesus

Attenuate - GRE

make thin. weaken, enervate

Attune - GRE

bring into harmony

Audacious - GRE

daring, foolishly bold, impudent
Augury - GRE

omen, sign

August - GRE

majestic, venerable

Auspice - GRE

protection or support, patronage

Auspicious - GRE

favorable, successful, prosperous

Austere - GRE

severely moral and strict; simple and plain

Auxiliary - GRE

helping, supporting

Aver - GRE

affirm, assert, prove, justify

Aversion - GRE

strong dislike

Avid - GRE

eager, greedy

Avow - GRE

admit. Declare openly
B

Babble - GRE

talk in a way that is difficult to understand

Baleful - GRE

harmful, ominous, causing evil

Balk - GRE

obstacle; purposely to get on the way of

Balloon - GRE

swell out like balloon
Balm - GRE

sweet-smelling oil; consolation

Banal - GRE

uninteresting

Band - GRE

flat, thin strip of material; range of frequencies

Bane - GRE
cause of injury, poison, source of harm

Baneful - GRE

causing harm or ruin, pernicious, destructive

Barrage - GRE

artificial obstacle built across a river

Barren - GRE

not good enough, unable to have young ones, without value

Bask in - GRE

enjoy warmth and light

Bazaar - GRE

market

Be irreconcilable - GRE

cannot be brought into harmony

Beatify - GRE

to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to

Bedizen - GRE

to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner

Belabor - GRE

beat hard

Belie - GRE

contradict, give a false impression
Belittle - GRE

cause to seem unimportant

Bellicose - GRE

belligerent, pugnacious, warlike

Belligerent - GRE

(person, nation) waging war

Belligerently - GRE

waging war

Bend - GRE

cause something to be out of a straight line

Benefactor - GRE

person who has given help

Benevolence - GRE

wish or activity in doing good

Benign - GRE

kind and gentle; mild (climate)

Bequest - GRE

arrangement to give something at death

Berate - GRE

scold sharply

Bereft - GRE

rob or dispossess of something (material)

Bewilder - GRE

puzzle, confuse

Biased - GRE

prejudice

Bigot - GRE

stubborn, narrow-minded person
Bilge - GRE

bulge, the protuberance of a cask

Blandishment - GRE

flattery, coaxing

Blandness - GRE

polite manner, comforting, uninteresting

Blatant - GRE

noisy and rough

Blithe - GRE

gay and joyous

Blueprint - GRE

plan, scheme, photographic print

Blunt - GRE

plain, not troubling to be polite

Boggle - GRE

be alarmed, hesitate, amazed

Bogus - GRE

sham, counterfeit, not genuine

Boisterous - GRE

loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint

Bolster - GRE

give greatly needed support

Boor - GRE

ill-mannered person

Boorish - GRE

crude, offensive, rude

Braid - GRE

strands of hair woven together, something edging sloth
Brash - GRE

hasty, rush; cheeky, saucy

Brass - GRE

yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)

Brazen - GRE

made of brass

Breach - GRE

opening broken place, breaking

Brigant - GRE

brigand, bandit

Brisk - GRE

active, lively

Brisket - GRE

breast of an animal

Brittle - GRE

easily broken

Broach - GRE

bring up, announce, begin to talk about

Brook - GRE

to tolerate, endure

Buoyant - GRE

able to float; light-hearted

Burgeon - GRE

grow forth, send out buds

Burnish - GRE

to polish, rub to a shine

Bust - GRE

run out of money
C

Cabal - GRE

a scheme or plot, a group of plotters

Cadge - GRE

to beg, to get by begging

Cajolers - GRE

flattery or deceit to persuade

Calf - GRE

young of the domestic cow

Calipers - GRE

metal supports attached to the legs, measuring instrument

Calumniate - GRE

to slander, present false accusal

Calumny - GRE

slander, aspersion

Candid - GRE

frank straight-forward

Cantankerous - GRE

bad-tempered/quarrelsome

Cantin - GRE

sincere talk/jargon

Canvass - GRE

discuss thoroughly; sort of touting

Capricious - GRE

fickle, whimsical, given to change, unpredictable

Castigate - GRE

to chastise, correct by punishing

Castigation - GRE

severe punishment
Casual - GRE

happening by chance, careless

Catalyst - GRE

substance that causes speeding up

Caustic - GRE

biting, sarcastic

Censure - GRE

expression of blame or disapproval; a rebuke

Census - GRE

official counting of the population

Centurion - GRE

leader of a unit of 100 soldiers

Chary - GRE

cautious, wary

Chastened - GRE

corrected, punished

Chastisement - GRE

punishment

Chauvinist - GRE

a blindly devoted patriot

Chicanery - GRE

legal trickery/false argument

Chisel - GRE

steel tool for shaping materials

Churl - GRE

bad-tempered person

Cite - GRE

give as an example
Clamor - GRE

shout complain with a lot of noise

Cleanse - GRE

make pure, thoroughly clean

Clientele - GRE

customers

Clinch - GRE

come to grips/settle conclusively

Cling - GRE

toresist separation

Clot - GRE

half-solid lump formed from liquid

Cloture - GRE

closing, device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting

Coalescing - GRE

coming together and uniting into one substance

Coax - GRE

get somebody to do something by kindness

Coda - GRE

passage that completes a piece of music

Coddle - GRE

treat with care and tenderness

Coerce - GRE

compel to force to make obedient

Coeval - GRE

of the same period, coexisting

Cogent - GRE

strong convincing
Cogitate - GRE

think deeply, mediate

Cognition - GRE

knowing, awareness (emotionless)

Cognizant - GRE

being fully aware of

Coherent - GRE

sticking together

Colander - GRE

bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water

Collaborate - GRE

work in partnership

Collusion - GRE

secret agreement for a deceitful purpose

Combustion - GRE

process of burning

Commemorate - GRE

keep the memory of

Commend - GRE

praise

Commendable - GRE

worthy of praise

Commingle - GRE

mingle together

Commodious - GRE

having plenty of space for what is needed

Commuter - GRE

person who travels regularly
Complacently - GRE

with self-satisfaction

Complaisance - GRE

tending to comply, obliging, willingness to please

Comply - GRE

act in accordance

Compound - GRE

mix or combine

Comprise - GRE

be composed of

Compunction - GRE

feeling of regret for one's action

Conceal - GRE

hide, keep secret

Conceit - GRE

over-high opinion of, too much pride

Conciliatory - GRE

reconciling, soothing, comforting, mollifying

Concord - GRE

agreement or harmony

Concur - GRE

agree in opinion, happen together

Condense - GRE

increase in density, strength, make laconic

Condone - GRE

forgive

Congeal - GRE

make or become stiff and solid
Conjoin - GRE

to join together

Connoisseur - GRE

a person with good judgement (e.g.. in art)

Connotation - GRE

suggestion in addition to

Consent - GRE

give agreement or permission

Consequential - GRE

pompous, self important

Consolation - GRE

consoling or being consoled

Console - GRE

give comfort or sympathy to

Conspicuous - GRE

easily seen; remarkable

Consternation - GRE

surprise and fear, dismay

Constrain - GRE

compel

Constrict - GRE

make tight or smaller

Consume - GRE

get to the end of

Consummate - GRE

perfect/make perfect/complete

Contemn - GRE

to scorn or despise
Contentious - GRE

argumentative, pugnacious, combative, quarrelsome

Contiguous - GRE

touching, neighboring, near

Contrite - GRE

filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing

Contumacious - GRE

insubordinate, rebellious

Conundrum - GRE

a riddle, dilemma, enigma

Conviction - GRE

convincing; firm belief

Convoke - GRE

call together, summon

Convoluted - GRE

complicated; coiled, twisted

Cord - GRE

twisted strands

Cordial - GRE

warm and sincere

Cordon - GRE

line of police acting as a guard

Cornucopia - GRE

abundant supply

Corporeal - GRE

physical; of or for the body

Correlate - GRE

have a mutual relation
Corroboration - GRE

additional, strengthening evidence

Countenance to - GRE

favor or approve of

Counterfeit - GRE

forgery

Countervail - GRE

counterbalance

Covert - GRE

disguised

Covetous - GRE

eagerly desirous

Cower - GRE

crouch; shrink back

Coy - GRE

shy/modest (esp of a girl)

Crass - GRE

very great (es. stupidity)

Cravat - GRE

piece of linen worn as a necktie

Craven - GRE

cowardly

Crease - GRE

line made by crushing; white line on the ground in cricket

Credulity - GRE

too great a readiness to believe things

Credulous - GRE

ready to believe things
Crush - GRE

press, lose shape, subdue, overwhelm

Cryptic - GRE

secret, with a hidden meaning

Cumbersome - GRE

burdensome, heavy and awkward to carry

Curmudgeon - GRE

bad-tempered person

Curriculum - GRE

course of study

Cursory - GRE

quick, hurried

Curtail - GRE

make shorter then was planned

Cynic - GRE

person who see no good in anything
D

Dainty - GRE

pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please

Dart - GRE

quick movement; missile in darts

Daunt - GRE

intimidate, make fearful

Dawdler - GRE

person who is slow; waste of time

Dearth - GRE

shortage

Debacle - GRE

a breakup, overthrow, sudden disaster
Decorous - GRE

polite, decent

Decorum - GRE

propriety, properness

Decree - GRE

order given by authority

Decry - GRE

disapprove of

Defer - GRE

postpone; give way (to show respect)

Deference - GRE

respect

Deferential - GRE

showing respect

Defiance - GRE

open disobedience or resistance

Deflect - GRE

turn aside

Defy - GRE

resist openly

Degrade - GRE

reduce in rank or status

Delineate - GRE

to portray, depict, sketch out

Deluge - GRE

great flood, heavy rush of water

Delusion - GRE

false belief
Demagogue - GRE

person appealing not to reasons

Demur - GRE

to hesitate, raise objections

Denigrate - GRE

blacken, belittle, sully, defame

Denouement - GRE

an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot

Denounce - GRE

give information against

Dent - GRE

hollow, depression mad by a blow

Deplete - GRE

use until none remains

Deposition - GRE

dethronement, depositing

Deprave - GRE

make morally bad; corrupt

Deprecate - GRE

protest against, express disapproval of

Dereliction - GRE

deserting and leaving to fall into ruins

Derision - GRE

ridicule, mockery, deriding

Derivative - GRE

unoriginal, obtained from another source

Derogatory - GRE

insulting; tending to da
mage
Descry - GRE

catch sight of, see something in the distance

Desiccant - GRE

substance used to absorb moisture

Desiccate - GRE

dry out all the moisture

Desuetude - GRE

cessation of use; disuse

Desultory - GRE

aimless, haphazard, digressing at random

Detach - GRE

separate

Deter - GRE

discourage, hinder

Detraction - GRE

slandering, verbal attack, aspersion

Detumescence - GRE

diminishing or lessening of swelling

Deviance - GRE

being different in moral standards (from normal)

Dexterity - GRE

skill (esp. in handling)

Dexterous - GRE

clever, skillful with hands

Diaphanous - GRE

transparent, gauzy

Diatribe - GRE

bitter and violent attack in words
Dictate - GRE

order

Diffidence - GRE

shyness

Diffident - GRE

lacking in self-confidence

Dilate - GRE

speak comprehensively, become wider, large

Dilatory - GRE

causing delay, procrastinating

Din - GRE

loud noise that continues

Disabuse - GRE

to undeceive, correct a false impression

Disallow - GRE

refuse to allow or accept as a correct

Discern - GRE

see with an effort but clearly

Discomfit - GRE

to defeat, put down

Disconcert - GRE

upset the self-possession of

Discountenance - GRE

refuse to approve of

Discourse - GRE

speech, lecture,

Discredit - GRE

refuse to believe
Discreet - GRE

careful/prudent

Discrete - GRE

individually distinct

Disdain - GRE

look on with contempt

Disencumber - GRE

free from encumbrance

E

Encumbrance - GRE

burden; things that get on the way of

Endearing - GRE

making dear or liked

Endemic - GRE

epidemic

Endorse - GRE

write one's name on the back of

Enduring - GRE

lasting

Enervate - GRE

weaken, deprive of strength, attenuate

Engender - GRE

cause, produce, give rise to

Engrave - GRE

impress deeply

Engrossing - GRE

taken up all the time or attention; writing in large or formal

Engulf - GRE

swallow up
Enigma - GRE

something that is puzzling

Enmity - GRE

hatred; being an enemy

Enormity - GRE

excessive wickedness; evilness

Enormousness - GRE

great size

Ensign - GRE

flag/badge

Entangle - GRE

put into difficulties

Enthral - GRE

please greatly/enslave (fig)

Entice - GRE

tempt or persuade

Entreat - GRE

ask earnestly

Enunciate - GRE

pronounce (words)/express a theory

Enzyme - GRE

catalyst

Epicure - GRE

food lover, a connoisseur of food

Epicurean - GRE

devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment)

Epistle - GRE

letter
Epithet - GRE

adjective

Epitome - GRE

brief summary; representative example; a typical model

Equable - GRE

steady, regular

Equanimity - GRE

calmness of temperament

Equilibrium - GRE

state of being balanced

Equipoise - GRE

equal distribution of weight; equilibrium

Equivocal - GRE

having a double or doubtful meaning; suspicious

Equivocate - GRE

try to deceive by equivocal language

Eradicate - GRE

get rid of; pull up by the roots

Erasure - GRE

erasing, removing all traces

Erode - GRE

wear away, eat into

Erratic - GRE

irregular in behaviour or opinion

Erudite - GRE

learned, scholarly

Escalate - GRE

increase, develop
Eschew - GRE

avoid

Esoteric - GRE

abstruse; intended only for a small circle of

Espouse - GRE

marry; give one's support to

Eulogy - GRE

formal praise; panegyric

Euphoria - GRE

elation; state of pleasant excitement

Euthanasia - GRE

easy and painless death

Evaluating - GRE

finding out the value

Evaporate - GRE

change into vapor, disappear, die

Evasive - GRE

tending to evade

Evince - GRE

to show clearly, to indicate

Evoke - GRE

call up, bring out

Evolve - GRE

unfold, develop naturally and gradually

Excoriate - GRE

to flay, stip off the skin; to denounce sharply

Excoriation - GRE

severe criticism
Exculpate - GRE

to clear from a charge of guilt

Exert - GRE

thrust out, push forth

Exertion - GRE

instance of exerting

Exhaustive - GRE

complete, thorough

Exigency - GRE

emergency, an urgent situation

Exonerate - GRE

free; clear

Exoneration - GRE

set somebody clear, free (e.g.. from blame)

Exorbitant - GRE

much too high or great

Expatiate - GRE

to roam, wander freely

Expedient - GRE

likely to be useful for a purpose

Expiation - GRE

ending; expiring

Exploit - GRE

brilliant achievement; develop; use selfishly

Expostulate - GRE

argue earnestly to dissuade, correct, or protest

Expurgate - GRE

to remove obscenity, purify, censor
Exscind - GRE

to cut out, cut away

Extant - GRE

still in existence

Extempore - GRE

without previous thought or preparation

Extensive - GRE

far-reaching

Extenuate - GRE

reduce the strength of, lessen seriousness, partially excuse

Extinct - GRE

no longer active

Extinguish - GRE

end the existence of/wipe or put out

Extirpate - GRE

to destroy, exterminate, cut out, exscind

Extol - GRE

praise highly

Extort - GRE

obtain by threats, violence

Extralegal - GRE

outside the law

Extricable - GRE

that can be freed

Extrovert - GRE

cheerful person

Exuberance - GRE

state of growing vigorously; being full of life