GRE Mastery Bundle: Adaptive
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,Abate - answer to lessen in violence or
intensity
Or to reduce in amount or severity
Example: As the weather force ABATE, the
winds dropped, and the sea became calm.
Other words: decrease, decline, ease
Abscond - answer to leave secretly
Example: The boyfriend ABSCOND from the
restaurant without paying his bill by sneaking
out the back door
other words: escape, flee, get away
Abstain - answer to choose not to do
something
,Ex: Abstain from sex or use condoms
Other words: avoid, refrain,
Abyss - answer an extremely deep hole
Ex: An avalanche carried him into the deep
abyss below
Other words: pit, an opening,
Adulterate - answer to make impure
Ex: The water supply had been adulterated
with chemicals from the soil.
Other words: corrupt, weaken, contaminated,
Advocate - answer to recommend; to speak
in favor of
, Ex: He was a strong advocate of free market
policies and a multi-party system.
Other words: support, encourage, defend
Aesthetic - answer concerned with beauty or
the appreciation of beauty.
AESTHETIC is used to talk about beauty or art,
and people's appreciation of beautiful things.
EX: n aesthetic appreciation of the landscape
OR The works of art are judged on purely
aesthetic grounds.
other words: artistic, pretty, pleasing, fancy
Aggrandize - answer to increase in power,
influence, and reputation
EX: At the dinner table, my father would go on
and on, showing off, aggrandizing himself.
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Breakdowns | Updated
GUARANTEED SUCCESS
,Abate - answer to lessen in violence or
intensity
Or to reduce in amount or severity
Example: As the weather force ABATE, the
winds dropped, and the sea became calm.
Other words: decrease, decline, ease
Abscond - answer to leave secretly
Example: The boyfriend ABSCOND from the
restaurant without paying his bill by sneaking
out the back door
other words: escape, flee, get away
Abstain - answer to choose not to do
something
,Ex: Abstain from sex or use condoms
Other words: avoid, refrain,
Abyss - answer an extremely deep hole
Ex: An avalanche carried him into the deep
abyss below
Other words: pit, an opening,
Adulterate - answer to make impure
Ex: The water supply had been adulterated
with chemicals from the soil.
Other words: corrupt, weaken, contaminated,
Advocate - answer to recommend; to speak
in favor of
, Ex: He was a strong advocate of free market
policies and a multi-party system.
Other words: support, encourage, defend
Aesthetic - answer concerned with beauty or
the appreciation of beauty.
AESTHETIC is used to talk about beauty or art,
and people's appreciation of beautiful things.
EX: n aesthetic appreciation of the landscape
OR The works of art are judged on purely
aesthetic grounds.
other words: artistic, pretty, pleasing, fancy
Aggrandize - answer to increase in power,
influence, and reputation
EX: At the dinner table, my father would go on
and on, showing off, aggrandizing himself.
