GRE Vocabulary

To desert or give up completely (v.); uninhibited freedom from restraint (n.)

To degrade or humiliate someone

To embarrass or make someone feel ashamed

To become less intense or severe; to diminish

To shorten a word or text by omitting parts

To formally give up power or a throne

To kidnap someone; to take away by force

Deviating from what is normal or expected

A deviation from what is normal; a mental lapse; an optical defect

To encourage or assist someone in wrongdoing

A state of temporary suspension or inactivity

To feel strong hatred or disgust toward something

Causing strong disgust or hatred; deeply offensive

To tolerate something; to comply with rules; to remain

Utterly miserable, degraded, or contemptible

To formally renounce a belief or allegiance

A ritual or ceremonial washing of the body

To renounce or give up a right or privilege

Self-denial; the renunciation of one's own interests

To formally put an end to a law or institution

The formal ending of a law, system, or practice

To feel intense disgust or hatred toward something

Indigenous; relating to the original inhabitants of a region

Failing to achieve the intended result; unsuccessful

To exist in large quantities; to be plentiful

Open and honest, without deception

To wear away or scrape a surface by friction

The wearing away of a surface by friction; a scraped area on skin

A substance used for smoothing surfaces; harsh and irritating in manner

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