GMAT Vocab A-C.txt

(adv.) on or toward the rear of a ship

(v.; n) to leave behind; to give something up; freedom; enthusiasm; impetuosity

(v.) to degrade; humiliate; disgrace

(v.) to shorten; compress; diminish

(v.) to reject, renounce, or abandon

(adj.) abnormal; straying from the normal or usual path

(n.) a state of temporary suspension or inactivity

(v.) to hate

(adj.) of the worst or lowest degree

(v.) to give up

(n.) a denial

(v.) to loathe; to hate

(v.) to shorten; to limit

(v.) to cancel by authority

(adj.) happening or ending unexpectedly

(v.) to go away hastily or secretly; to hide

(v.) to forgive; to acquit

(adj.) sparing in use of food or drinks

(n.) the act or process of voluntarily refraining from any action or practice; self-control; chastity

(adj.) hard to understand; deep; recondite

(adj.) very deep

(v.) to comply with; to consent to

(n.) loud approval; applause

(n.) approving or praising mention; a sign of approval or respect

(n.) co-conspirator; partner; partner-in-crime

(n.)growth by addition; a growing together by parts

(v.) a natural growth; a periodic increase

(adj.) tasting sour; harsh in language or temper

(v.) to agree without protest

(adj.) sharp; bitter; foul smelling

(n.) sharpness or bitterness in language or manner

(n.) an old saying now accepted as being truthful

(adj.) not yielding, firm

(adj.) rotten

(adj.) skilled; practiced

(v.) solemnly ordered

(adj.) expert or skillful

(n.) praise in excess

(v.) to corrupt, debase, or make impure

(n.) an enemy; foe

(adj.) negative; hostile; antagonistic; inimical

(v.; n.) to plead in favor of; supporter; defender

(adj.) of beauty; pertaining to taste in art and beauty

(adj.) friendly; amiable; good-natured

(v.) to connect or associate with; to accept as a member

(n.) a connection; similarity of structure

• (v.) to make more powerful
• The king wanted to aggrandize himself and his kingdom.

(adj.) astonished; amazed; horrified; terrified; appalled

(adj.) of the land

(n.) eager readiness or speed

(n.) a person who studies chemistry

(n.) any mysterious change of substance or nature

(n.) a symbolic description

(v.) to lessen or make easier

(v.) set aside; designate; assign

(v.) to refer indirectly to something

(v.; n.) to attract; entice; attraction; temptation; glamour

(n.) an indirect reference (often literary); a hint

(adj.) distant in interest; reserved; cool

(n.) controversy; dispute

(n.) unselfish devotion to the welfare of others

(adj.) unselfish

• (n.) a mixture or combination (often of metals)
• amalgamate
• (v.) to mix, merge, combine

(v.) to collect together; accumulate

(adj.) not clear; uncertain; vague

(adj.) undecided

(v.) to improve or make better

(n.) a positive change

(adj.) friendly

(adj.; adv.) wrong; awry; wrongly; in a defective manner

(n.) friendly relations

(adj.) with no shape; unorganized; having no determinate form

(v.) to put money into a fund at fixed intervals

(n.) something out of place in time (e.g., an airplane in 1492)

(n.) similarity; correlation; parallelism

(n.) an allergic reaction

(n.) one who believes that a formal government is unnecessary

(n.) something that can be relied on

(n.) a short account of happenings

(n.) a feeling of hatred or ill will

(v.) to crown; ordain;

(n.) an oddity, inconsistency; a deviation from the norm

(adj.) nameless; unidentified

(n.) hostility; opposition

(n.) a strong dislike or repugnance

(n.) lack of emotion or interest

(adj.) pertaining to a discovery or new revelation

(adj.) counterfeit; of doubtful authorship or authenticity

(v.) to satisfy; to calm

(adj.) suitable; apt; relevant

(adj.) fearful; aware; conscious

(adj.) approving or sanctioning

(adj.) suitable (as land) for plowing

(n.) one who is authorized to judge or decide

(adj.) based on one’s preference or judgment

(adj.) obscure; secret; mysterious

(n.) original pattern or model; prototype

(adj.) with passionate or intense feelings

(adj.) laborious, difficult; strenuous

(adj.) extremely dry, parched; barren, unimaginative

(adj.) having a smell which is sweet or spicy

(adj.) acting superior to others; conceited

(v.) to claim or demand unduly

(v.; adj.) to utter clearly and distinctly; clear, distinct; expressed with clarity; skillful with words

(n.) skill in a craft

(n.; adj.) one who leads a simple life of self-denial; rigorously abstinent

(adj.) germ free

(adv.) a sideways glance of disapproval

(n.) harshness

(n.) slanderous statement; a damaging or derogatory criticism

(n.) a person who goes after high goals

(n.) to determine the quality of a substance.

(v.) to estimate the value of

(adj.) carefully attentive; industrious

(v.) to relieve; ease; make less severe

(n.; adj.) a substance that contracts bodily tissues; causing contraction; tightening; stern, austere

(adj.) cunning; sly; crafty

(v.; n.) to waste away, as from lack of use; to wither; failure to grow

(v.) to thin out; to weaken

(adj.) something that is abnormal

(adj.) fearless; bold

(v.) to increase or add to; to make larger

(adj.) to be imposing or magnificent

(adj.) being of a good omen; successful

(adj.) having a stern look; having strict self-discipline

(adj.) real; genuine; trustworthy

(n.; adj.) acting as a dictator; demanding obedience

(n.) an absolute monarchy; government where one person holds power

(n.) an absolute ruler

(n.) inordinate desire for gaining and possessing wealth

(v.) to affirm as true

(adj; adv.) crooked(ly); uneven(ly); wrong; askew

(adj.) the clear blue color of the sky

(adj.) harmful, malign, detrimental

(adj.) trite; without freshness or originality

(adj.) deadly or causing distress, death

(adj.) extravagant; ornate; embellished

(n.) a fortified place or strong defense

(v.) to gain

(n.) a showy yet useless thing

(v.) to bring into being

(adj.) indebted to

(v.) to be advantageous; to be necessary

(v.) to make small; to think lightly of

(adj.) quarrelsome; warlike

(v.) to preoccupy in thought

(n.) one who helps others; a donor

(adj.) conferring benefits; kindly; doing good

(adj.) kind; generous

(adj.) mild; harmless

(v.) scold; reprove; reproach; criticize

(v.; adj.) to be deprived of; to be in a sad manner; hurt by someone’s death

(v.) to ask earnestly

(v.) to dirty or discolor

(adj.) having the qualities of a beast; brutal

(v.) to promise or pledge in marriage

(adj.) prejudiced; influenced; not neutral

(adj.; n.) happening every two years; a plant which blooms every two years

(adj.) pertaining to or affecting both sides or two sides; having two sides

(adj.) irreligious; away from acceptable standards; speaking ill of using profane language

(adj.) obvious; unmistakable; crude; vulgar

(adj.) causing frustration or destruction

(adj.) happy; cheery; merry; a cheerful disposition

(v.) to foretell something

(n.) pompous speech; pretentious words

(adj.) pompous; wordy; turgid

(n.) a rude person

(n.) the distance from one side to another

(n.) briefness; shortness

(adj.) mixed with a darker color

(v.) to introduce into conversation

(adj.) abrupt in manner or speech

(adj.) having to do with shepherds or the country

(adj.) arrogant

(n.) a clumsy person

(v.) to grow or develop quickly

(v.; n.) to imitate in a non-serious manner; a comical imitation

(adj.) strong; bulky; stocky

(v.) to polish by rubbing

(n.) a group of persons joined by a secret

(n.) stockpile; store; heap; hiding place for goods

(adj.) sounding jarring

(n.) a harsh, inharmonious collection of sounds; dissonance

(v.) to coax with insincere talk

(n.) disaster

(n.) quality

(adj.) being young or immature

(n.) slander

(n.) a false statement or rumor

(adj.) honest; truthful; sincere

(n.) insincere or hypocritical statements of high ideals; the jargon of a particular group or occupations

(n.) a sudden, unpredictable or whimsical change

(adj.) changeable; fickle

(adj.) disposed to find fault

(n.) unlimited authority

(n; v.) waterfall; pour; rush; fall

(v.) to punish through public criticism

(n.) an extreme natural force

(n.) anything which creates a situation in which change can occur

(n.) a purging or relieving of the body or soul

(adj.) eating away at; sarcastic words

(v.) to bicker

(v.) to examine and delete objectionable material

(n.; v.) a disapproval; an expression of disapproval; to criticize or disapprove of

(adj.) very formal or proper

(n.)ceasing; a stopping

(n.) banter; teasing

(n.) a feeling of embarrassment due to failure or disappointment

(n.) appeal; magnetism; presence

(n.) a person who pretends to have knowledge; an impostor; fake

(adj.) cautious; being sparing in giving

(adj.) virtuous; free of obscenity

(v.) to punish; discipline; admonish

(v.) to feel love for

(n.) trickery or deception

(n.) an impossible fancy

(adj.) cranky; cantankerous; easily moved to feeling displeasure

(v.) to make a gleeful, chuckling sound

(n.) crude or surly behavior; behavior of a peasant

(adj.) being too long, as in a description or expression; a roundabout, indirect, or ungainly way of expressing something

(adj.) considering all circumstances

(n.) a fortress set up high to defend a city

(adj.) secret

(n.) mercy toward an offender; mildness

(n.) a parliamentary procedure to end debate and begin to vote

(adj.) too sugary; too sentimental or flattering

(v.) to become a semisolid, soft mass; to clot

(v.) to grow together

(n.) in music, a concluding passage

(v.) to treat with tenderness

(v.) to organize laws or rules into a systematic collection

(n.) a chest where money or valuables are kept

(adj.) to the point; clear; convincing in its clarity and presentation

(adj.; n.) having the same family; a person related through ancestry English and German arecognate languages.

(adj.) aware of; perceptive

(adj.) sticking together; connected; logical; consistent

(n.) the act of holding together

• (n.) a group; band
• The cohort of teens gathered at the athletic field.

(v.) to work together; cooperate

(adj.) having to do with conversation; informal speech

(n.) secret agreement for an illegal purpose

(n.) beauty; attractiveness in appearance or behavior

(v.) to show sympathy for

(adj.) spacious and convenient; roomy

(adj.) shared or common ownership

(adj.) in agreement with; harmonious

(adj.) content; self-satisfied; smug

(n.) the quality of being agreeable or eager to please

(adj.) complying; obeying; yielding

(v.) fitting in

(adj.) all-inclusive; complete; thorough

(v.) to settle by mutual adjustment

(v.) to acknowledge; admit; to surrender; to abandon one’s position

(n.) an exaggerated personal opinion

(n.) an attempt to make friendly or placate

(adj.) to reconcile

(adj.) in few words; brief; condensed

(n.) any private meeting or closed assembly

(v.) to come down from one’s position or dignity

(v.) to overlook; to forgive

(n.) a thing which is joined together

(v.) to lump together, causing confusion; to damn

(n.) a collection or mixture of various things

(v.) to combine

(v.) to call upon or appeal to; to cause to be, appear, come

(n.) secret cooperation in wrongdoing

(n.) expert; authority (usually refers to a wine or food expert)

(adj.) containing associated meanings in addition to the primary one

(v.) to declare sacred; to dedicate

(adj.) following as an effect; important

(n.; v.) a companion, spouse; to associate

(adj.) easy to see; noticeable

(n.) amazement or terror that causes confusion

(v.) to force, compel; to restrain

(n.) the completion; finish

(adj.) living or happening at the same time; modern

(n.) scorn; disrespect

(adj.) quarrelsome

(v.) to attempt to disprove or invalidate

(adj.) touching; or adjoining and close, but not touching

(adj.) regretful; sorrowful; having repentance

(adj.) resisting authority

(n.) a bruise; an injury where the skin is not broken

(n.) a puzzle or riddle

(adj.) traditional; common; routine

• converge
• (v.) to move toward one point (opposite: diverge)

(n.) a fondness for festiveness or joviality

(v.) a call to assemble

(adj.) abundant; in great quantities

(n.) obesity

(v.) to bring into mutual relation

(v.) to confirm the validity

(n.) a clique; a group who meet frequently, usually socially

(n.) a binding and solemn agreement

(adj.) greedy; very desirous

(v.) to huddle and tremble

(adj.) modest; bashful; pretending shyness to attract

(adj.) stupid or dull; insensitive; materialistic

(n.; adj.) coward; abject person; cowardly

(adj.) deserving blame; guilty

(n.) a restraint or framework

(n.) an ill-tempered person

(adj.) hasty; slight

(n.) one who believes that others are motivated entirely by selfishness.