Synonyms 1- GRE Vocabulary Word List

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