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Default GRE Synonyms

ability capacity, faculty, talent, skill, competence, aptitude

abolish exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, eradicate, obliterate

abstinence self-denial, temperance, sobriety, continence

abstracted absorbed, distraught, absent-minded

abuse misuse, mistreat, ill-treat, maltreat

accidental fortuitous, contingent, incidental, adventitious

accompany conduct, escort, chaperone

acknowledge admit, own, avow, confess, concede

active energetic, dynamic, vigorous, lively

adapt accommodate, adjust, conform, fit, reconcile

admonish reprove, rebuke, reprimand, reproach

adulterate debase, doctor, load, sophisticate

advance forward, foster, further, promote [RETARD]

advantage edge, handicap, odds

adventurous adventuresome, audacious, daredevil, daring, venturesome

advice counsel, recommendation

advise counsel, recommend

affair business, concern, lookout

affect influence, impress, touch, move, strike

affectation pose, air, mannerism

afflict agonize, excruciate, rack, torment, torture

afraid apprehensive, fearful [UNAFRAID]

ageless eternal, timeless

agitate churn, convulse, rock, shake

agree conform, harmonize, accord, correspond, coincide [DISAGREE]

aim direct, level, point, train

airy diaphanous, ethereal, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, sheer, transparent, vaporous

alarm alert, tocsin, warning

allocate appropriate, designate, earmark

alone lonely, lonesome, solitary

also too, likewise, besides, moreover, furthermore

amateur dabbler, dilettante, tyro [PROFESSIONAL]

ambiguous equivocal, obscure, recondite, abstruse, vague, cryptic, enigmatic

ambush ambuscade, bushwhack, waylay

amenity comfort, convenience, facility

amiable affable, good-natured, obliging, agreeable, pleasant

amiss afield, astray, awry, wrong

amuse entertain, divert, regale

analyze anatomize, dissect, resolve

ancestor forebear, forefather, progenitor [DESCENDANT]

anger rage, fury, ire, wrath, resentment, indignation

angry furious, indignant, irate, ireful, mad, wrathful

announce advertise, broadcast, declar, proclaim, promulgate, publish

annoy irritate, bother, irk, vex, provoke, aggravate, peeve, rile

answer respond, reply, retort

anxiety worry, care, concern, solicitude

apology apologetic, apologia, defense, justification

apparent clear, clear-cut, distinct, evident, manifest, obvious, patent, plain

appear emerge, issue, loom, materialize, show

appendage appurtenance, adjunct, accessory, attachment

applaud cheer, root

appoint designate, name, nominate, tap

appreciate value, prize, esteem, treasure, cherish

apprehend comprehend, understand, grasp

apprehension foreboding, presentiment, misgiving

appropriate arrogate, commandeer, confiscate, preempt, usurp

approve endorse, sanction, certify, accredit, ratify

arbitrary capricious, whimsical

area region, belt, zone, district, locality

argue quarrel, wrangle, squabble, bicker

argument dispute, controversy

argumentative combative, contentious, disputatious, quarrelsome, scrappy

arrange marshal, order, organize, sort, systematize [DISARRANGE]

art craft, expertise, knack, know-how, technique

artifice trick, ruse, wile, feint, stratagem, maneuver, dodge

artificial synthetic, ersatz, simulated

ask question, inquire, query, interrogate, examine, quiz

assent agree, accede, acquiesce, consent, concur, subscribe

assert asseverate, declar, affirm, aver, avow

assign allot, apportion, allocate

assistant aide, coadjutant, helper, lieutenant, second

attack bombard, assail, storm, assault, beset

attribute ascribe, impute, credit, assign, refer

authentic bona fide, genuine, real, true, undoubted, unquestionable

authorize accredit, commission, empower, license

average medium, mediocre, fair, middling, indifferent, tolerable

aware cognizant, conscious, sensible, awake, alert, watchful, vigilant

awkward clumsy, maladroit, inept, gauche, ungainly

bad evil, wicked

balance equilibrium, equipoise, poise

band company, corps, party, troop, troupe

banish exile, expatriate, deport, transport, extradite

banter chaff, josh, kid, rag, razz, rib

bargain compact, contract, covenant, deal

barrage bombard, pepper, shower

base basis, foundation, ground, groundwork

batter maim, mangle, maul, mutilate

be breathe, exist, live, subsist

bear endure, stand, abide, suffer, tolerate

bearing manner, demeanor, mien, presence

beautiful lovely, pretty, handsome, comely, fair

beg crave, beseech, implore, entreat, importune

begin commence, start, initiate, inaugurate

beginning birth, dawn, genesis, nascence, rise

behavior conduct, deportment

belief credence, credit, faith

belligerent bellicose, pugnacious, contentious, quarrelsome

bend crook, curve, round

beneficial profitable, advantageous

benefit capitalize, profit

benevolent charitable, ellemosynary, philanthropic

besiege beleaguer, blockade, invest, siege

bet ante, pot, stake, wager

bias color, jaundice, prejudice, warp

binge fling, jag, orgy, spree

bite champ, gnaw

bitter acerbic, acrid

blackball blacklist, boycott, ostracize [ADMIT]

blackout faint, swoon, syncope

blame fault, guilt

blameworthy blamable, blameful, censurable, culpable, guilty, reprehensible

blast blight, dash, nip, wreck

blaze flame, flare, flash, glare, incandescence, glow

blemish imperfection, fault, defect, flaw

blink nictitate, twinkle, wink

block hide, obscure, obstruct, screen, shroud

bloody gory, sanguinary, sanguineous

bloom blossom, efflorescence, florescence, flower, flush, prime

blunder bumble, flounder, lumber, lurch, stumble

boast brag, crow, vaunt

bodily corporal, corporeal, fleshly, physical, somatic

body corpse, carcass, cadaver

boil simmer, seethe, stew

bombast rant, fustian, claptrap, rodomontade

bonus bounty, subsidy, premium, prize, reward, gratuity

book bespeak, engage, reserve

boor barbarian, churl, lout, vulgarian, yahoo

border margin, edge, verge, brink, rim, brim

boredom ennui, tedium [AMUSEMENT]

boring monotonous, tedious, irksome, tiresome, handrum

botch blow, bungle, fumble, muff

boundary border, frontier, limit

bouquet nosegay, posy

branch arm, fork, offshoot

brave courageous, fearless, intrepid, bold, audacious, valient, valorous, doughty, mettlesome, plucky, dauntless, undaunted

brawl broil, donnybrook, fracas, fray, free-for-all, melee, row, ruction

breach infraction, violation, transgression, trespass, infringement

break crack, fracture, burst, split, splinter, shatter, shiver, smash

breeze cinch, pushover, snap, walkaway, walkover

bright brilliant, radiant, lustrous, lambent, lunimous, incandescent, effulgent

broach introduce, moot, raise

broad-minded broad, liberal, open-minded, tolerant

brood dwell, fret, mope, stew, worry

brush flick, glance, graze, shave, skim

brute animal, brutish, brutal, beastly, bestial

building structure, edifice, pile

bulge balloon, belly, jut, overhang, project, protrude

bulwark barricade, breastwork, earthwork, rampart, bation, parapet

burden affliction, cross, trial, tribulation

burdensome onerous, oppressive, arduous, demanding, rigorous, exacting

burn scorch, singe, sear, char, parch

business industry, commerce, trade, traffic

busy industrious, diligent, assiduous, sedulous
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