gre考試詞匯量：2012新GRE閱讀詞匯筆記（2）

abrasive	rubbing away; tending to grind down
abridge	condense or shorten
abrogate	abolish
abscission	cutting off; separation
abscond	depart secretly and hide
absolute	complete; totally unlimited; having complete power; certain; not relative; Ex. absolute honesty/ruler; CF. absolutism
absolve	pardon (an offense)
abstain	refrain; withhold from participation; intentionally not use one's vote;
abstemious	sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
abstinence	restraint from pleasant things, esp. eating or drinking; CF. abstention: act of abstaining from vote
abstract	theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational
abstruse	obscure; profound; difficult to understand
abusive	coarsely insulting; physically harmful
abut	border upon; adjoin
abysmal	bottomless
abyss	enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit
academic	related to a school; not practical or directly useful
accede	agree
accelerate	move faster
accessible	easy to approach; obtainable
accessory	additional object; useful but not essential thing

GRE，全稱Graduate Record Examination，中文名稱為美國研究生入學(xué)考試，適用于除法律與商業(yè)外的各專業(yè)。由美國教育考試服務(wù)處(Educational Testing Service，簡稱ETS)主辦，GRE是美國、加拿大的大學(xué)各類研究生院（除管理類學(xué)院，法學(xué)院）要求申請者所必須具備的一個考試成績，也是教授對申請者是否授予獎學(xué)金所依據(jù)的最重要的標準。 另有，Generic Routing Encapsulation（通用路由封裝）也簡稱GRE。
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