GregMAT Set #18
abet - CORRECT ANSWER-encourage or assist (someone) to do something, in
particular, to commit a crime or other offense
assist; encourage; sanction; succor; expedite
accessible - CORRECT ANSWER-easily understood; friendly and easy to talk to
comprehensible; approachable; friendly; hospitable; congenial; cordial
acquisitive - CORRECT ANSWER-excessively interested in acquiring money or
material things
greedy; covetous; avaricious; rapacious; mercenary
amalgamate - CORRECT ANSWER-combine or unite to form one organization or
structure
integrate; coalesce; affiliate; meld
attenuate - CORRECT ANSWER-reduce the force, effect, or value of
weakened; impaired; enervated
augment - CORRECT ANSWER-make (something) greater by adding to it; increase
inflate; magnify; exacerbate; ameliorate
aversion - CORRECT ANSWER-a strong dislike or disinclination
abhorrence; odium; antipathy; repugnance; loathing
blithe - CORRECT ANSWER-showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered
to be callous or improper
heedless; careless; indifferent; nonchalant; blase; euphoric
contempt - CORRECT ANSWER-the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath
consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn
disdain; denigration; opprobrium; odium; obloquy; derision; abhorrence; contumely
dawdle - CORRECT ANSWER-waste time; be slow
abet - CORRECT ANSWER-encourage or assist (someone) to do something, in
particular, to commit a crime or other offense
assist; encourage; sanction; succor; expedite
accessible - CORRECT ANSWER-easily understood; friendly and easy to talk to
comprehensible; approachable; friendly; hospitable; congenial; cordial
acquisitive - CORRECT ANSWER-excessively interested in acquiring money or
material things
greedy; covetous; avaricious; rapacious; mercenary
amalgamate - CORRECT ANSWER-combine or unite to form one organization or
structure
integrate; coalesce; affiliate; meld
attenuate - CORRECT ANSWER-reduce the force, effect, or value of
weakened; impaired; enervated
augment - CORRECT ANSWER-make (something) greater by adding to it; increase
inflate; magnify; exacerbate; ameliorate
aversion - CORRECT ANSWER-a strong dislike or disinclination
abhorrence; odium; antipathy; repugnance; loathing
blithe - CORRECT ANSWER-showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered
to be callous or improper
heedless; careless; indifferent; nonchalant; blase; euphoric
contempt - CORRECT ANSWER-the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath
consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn
disdain; denigration; opprobrium; odium; obloquy; derision; abhorrence; contumely
dawdle - CORRECT ANSWER-waste time; be slow