Synonyms for GRE

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ABASE->lower;degrade;humiliate.


abase = a + base; without a base;

Imagine you shifted to a new house whose base is not very strong (without base) and hence it may fall down anytime and can abase you in front of your neighbors.

ABASH->embarrass.


A=ALWAYS B=BRINGS a S=SHAME


sounds like ab-ash (Abhishek-Aishwarya, Bollywood Actor-Actress) married and abashed Salman(Bollywood Actor).

ABATE->subside or moderate.


Focus on ‘ate’ part of abate. (eat, ate, eaten). When you eat anything, you reduce it's quantity.

ABBREVIATE->shorten;condense;abridge.


abbreviate has root brev (brief) in it; brev (brief) means in short. hence meaning of abbreviate is to shorten something.

ABDICATE->renounce;give up;relinquish;surrender.


ab (root ab means away as in abandon) + dic (dictatorship) + ate (to eat and hence reduce) : means to give away (or reduce) dictatorship and hence to give-up power.

ABERRANT->abnormal;deviant.


ab (away) + err (error) + ant : focus on ERR and ANT, usually an ant follows a path ... so moving away from (root ab means away from) that path means, error in regular path and hence deviating from normal path...or behaviour.

ABERRATION->moral slip;abnormality;disorder.


sounds like ab + operation due to the mentally disorder doctors want to do immediate operation of the patient.

ABET->help or encourage in doing something wrong.


a+bet ; a bet generally assists you to do something wrong.

ABEYANCE->a state of suspended action.


Interpret it as opposite of obey+ance -- not obeying the given orders and suspend the work (action).

ABHOR->detest;hate;loathe.


a + bhor (bore).. a bore person is always rejected. Many people generally abhor a bore person.

ABJECT->mean;base;wretched;lacking pride.


Abject sounds like Reject...hopeless person is always rejected.

ABJURE->renounce upon oath;give up;disavow.


Abjure think it like injure. so once you are injured you will give up. so abjure means give up.

ABLUTION-> wahing.


ablution ~ a + blue + solution; just imagine some blue color solution used for washing clothes.

ABNEGATION->renunciation;self-sacrifice.


abnegation=ab+negation. negation part could be considered as saying negative answer. when you say NO to something, you have rejected it or renounced it.

ABOLISH->cancel;put an end to.


ab + polish (bolish) : now we have polish our shoes and hence put an end to dirt over it.

ABOMINATE->loathe;hate.


abominate sounds like dominate and we HATE those who dominates us.

ABOMINABLE->detestable;revolting;very bad.


abo + min + able : this work is not even above (ab) my minimum (min) ability (able) level.. so it's exceptionally bad.

ABORIGINAL->primitive;native.


A B Original : A-B are initial (original) English alphabets.

ABORTIVE->born untimely;fruitless;unsuccessful.


abortion is a common word which means termination of pregnancy.. and hence something unsuccessful or fruitless.

ABRASIVE->rubbing away;tending to grind down.


ab + rasi -- ab means away and rasi sounds like erase.. erasing something to remove away some dirt.. hence rubbing away.

ABRIDGE->condense;shorten.


a+bridge : bridges can shorten the transportation time.

ABROGATE->abolish.


ab (now) + rog (disease) + ate (eat) so, eat the disease and abolish it now.

ABSCISSION->removal by cutting off as in surgery;seperation.


ab + scission = scissor scissor separates two things by cutting them ,so separation.

ABSCOND->depart secretly and hide.

ab + scond.Absent in a second.

ABSOLUTE->despotic;totally unlimited;certain;complete.


A+B(P)+SOLUTE= A perfect solution, that dissolves anything completely, perfectly and anything that is pure.

ABSOLVE->pronounce free;pardon(an offense).


ab + solve : if you can solve this problem, I can absolve your sin from the accusation of cheating in exam. (a teacher said to his student).

ABSTAIN->refrain;withhold from participation.


ab (meaning away) + stain : we generally tend to stay away from stain (dirt, dust etc).

ABSTEMIOUS->sparing in eating and drinking;temparate;moderate.


take abstemious as abs + tummy + ous that means ABStain from eating to have a flat tummy (stomach).

ABSTINENCE-> restraing from eating or drinking.


abstinence (sounds like absent) : like being absent from enjoying pleasant things.

ABSTRACT->draw away;seperate;summarize;theoritical;not concrete;nonrepresentational.


abs+tract(able). Do u think getting abs is tractable(manageable) or easy, certainly not its only theoretical in most case.

ABSTRUSE->obscure;profound;difficult to understand.


It contains "ab....use". ab generally stands for negative sense and so 'ab+ use' can be taken as difficult to use. A word will be difficult to use if it is difficult to understand.

ABUSIVE->coarsely insulting;physically harmful.


ab + usive : ab+use; ab is generally used in negative (bad) sense. Hence, we should not use bad language(abusive)in front of our child.

ABUT->border upon;adjoin.


A+But : 'But' is used to (ad)join two sentence as in example : He is good guy, but not a good student.

ABYSMAL->bottomless;fathomless.


ab (negative sense, not) + y small. something which is not small, so big and hence limitless or bottomless.

ABYSS->enormous chasm;vast;bottomless pit.


ABYSS sounds similar to abuse. When you're seriously abused, you become depressed and feel like jumping into abyss.

ACADEMIC->related to school;not practical.


aca+dummy(that cannot be used in practical purpose or that is only for show off).

ACCEDE->agree;assent;join a party.


axe(acce)+de.usually when u happen 2 experience a threat wid an axe,u agree 2 everythng othrs want.so basically accede goes 2 agreement.


ACCELERATE->move faster.


Accelerate sound's like "XLR8" remember the alien in BEN 10 which accelerates and runs really fast.

ACCESSIBLE->easy to approach;obtainable.


ACCESS(something which you are able to use or enter) + ible(ABLE)...SO you are ABLE to use your computer, well then, mail your resume to companies because it is EASY TO APPROACH them via mail.

ACCESSORY (ACCESSORY)->additional object;useful but not essential thing.


access(EXCESS)+ory(ornaments)..SO you have got excess of ornaments ,which are not very essential for you,as your clothes,then why do you waste so much money on additional objects like this.

ACCLAIM->applaud;announce with great approval.


look at the last 3 letters AIM -> when you had reached ur aim u will be praised.

ACCLIMATE->adjust to climate;adapt.


ac+climate : according to the climate; You have to adapt yourself according to the climate change.

ACCLIVITY->sharp upslope of a hill.


try to look for 'cliff' in this word and cliff means a high, steep face of rock. Also, try to look for elevate (elivity) in this word which also means upslope.

ACCOLADE->award of merit.


accolade ~ a + COLA company has won several accolades for being a market leader in soft-drinks.

ACCOMMODATE->lodge;oblige or help someone;adjust or bring into harmony.


you accommodate someone when you provide accommodation, so you are helping him/her.

ACCOMPLICE->partner in crime.


accomplice ~ accompany + police; so accompany police implies helping police in reducing crime ; accomplice means opposite of this : partner in crime.

ACCORD->agreement.


accord ~ according to; Whenever you see "according to Newton's theory....", you agree whatever statement is mentioned there.

ACCOST->approach and speak first to a person.


accost ~ sounds like at any cost. I will approach and speak to her at any cost.

ACCOUTRE->to equip.


accoutre ~ sounds like encounter..... imagine cops often need to be well equipped (accoutred) during encounter.

ACCRETION->growth;increase.


accretion ~ add + creation , this addition to creation leads to growth.

ACCRUE->grow by addition.


sounds like a-crew and crew means: all the people working on a ship, plane, etc.. so remember it with crew members who accumulate food, other necessary things while they sail.

ACERBIC->bitter or sour in nature;sharp and cutting.


Sounds like "Acidic." Lemons have a sour taste and are acidic. Therefore, they are ACERBIC.

ACERBITY->bitterness of speech and temper.


acerbity-the root word is latin-"acer",which means sour or bitter.

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