| WORD | SYNONYMS | ANTONYMS |
| 1,abate | Allay Alleviate Mitigate Ameliorate Lessen Reduce Slacken Assuage Diminish | Aggravate Worsen Deteriorate |
| 2,abase | Humiliate Degrade Demean Debase Lower | Uplift Edify Ennobling Elevated Exalt |
| 3,abash | Disconcert Discomfiture Mortify Embarrass Vexed | Equanimity Composure Poise(mental balance) |
| 4,abdicate (Technical term) | Relinquish Renounce (Depose) Done under compulsion | Seize Besiege(to try for a long time) Usurp |
| 5, abet | Complicity Indirect assistance Illegal, unlawful aid | Unhelpful Aloof Hinder Discourage |
| 6,abeyance | Suspended temporarily Put in cold storage Shelved | |
| 7,abhor | Strong dislike Hatred Loathe Detest Abominate(very strong) Aversion(mild) Hate Abhor Odious | Love Like Approve |
| 8,abject | Misery Poverty Penury Impoverished Indigence Impecunious Pauper Destitution Privation SECONDARY: Servile(like that of slaves) Grovel Fawn Obsequious Cringing | Affluence Opulence Lucre Mammon Nouveau riche Purloin |
| 9,abjuration(or)abjure | Renounce on oath Relinquish(very strong word) | |
| 10,abnegate | Deny pleasures of life Ascetic(person who practice self denial- Pain living-disciplined) Spartan Austere(person who is strict in manner) | Aristocrat |
Saturday, April 9, 2011
GRE VOCABULARY 1
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