Kaplan GRE Study Guide: Top GRE Vocabulary Word List 295 Total Words
| Word | Definition |
| abate | to reduce in amount, degree or severity |
| abdicate | to renounce or relinquish a throne |
| abject | utterly hopeless, humiliating or wretched |
| abjure | to renounce on oath |
| ablution | act of cleansing |
| abrogate | to abolish by formal means |
| abscond | to leave secretly |
| abstention | the act of refraining voluntarily |
| abstruse | hard to understand; secret, hidden |
| accretion | an increase by natural growth |
| acerbic | sour or astringent in taste, harsh in temper |
| acquiesce | to comply, give in |
| acrid | sharp or biting to the taste or smell |
| acrimonious | caustic, stinging or bitter in nature |
| adjoin | to be close or in contact with |
| adjoin | to be next to and joined with |
| adjure | to beg or command |
| admonish | to counsel against something; caution |
| adulterate | to make impure |
| adventitious | accidental |
| affable | friendly, courteous |
| aggrandize | to increase in power, influence and reputation |
| altruist | a person unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others |
| amatory | of or pertaining to lovers or lovemaking |
| amity | friendship; peaceful harmony |
| anachronism | something our of place in time |
| anachronism | an obsolete or archaic form |
| androgen | any substance that promotes masculine characteristics |
| androgynous | being both male and female |
| animus | hostile feeling or attitude |
| antipathy | extreme dislike |
| antipathy | aversion |
| apartheid | any system or caste that separates people according to race |
| apathy | lack of interest or emotion |
| apathy | lack of interest or emotion |
| apogee | the highest or most distant point |
| apostasy | a total desertion of one |
