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Advanced Words Needed for the GRE - Only Change Is Constant!
Here you will learn some English words about change, cause and effect, such as "assuage", "debase", "obviate", etc. that are needed for the GRE exam.
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to console
[verb]
to help a person, who is either disappointed or emotionally suffering, feel better
to converge
[verb]
(of policies, opinions, ideas, aims, etc.) to develop into either the same thing or something extremely similar
to enhance
[verb]
to better or increase someone or something's quality, strength, value, etc.
to facilitate
[verb]
to help something, such as a process or action, become possible or simpler
to outstrip
[verb]
to posses or reach a higher level of skill, success, value, or quantity than another person or thing
to preempt
[verb]
to render a plan or action ineffective or unnecessary by doing something before it happens
to propitiate
[verb]
to bring an end to the anger of a person, ghost, spirit, or god by pleasing them
to start
[verb]
to suddenly move one's body because something surprising or frightening has happened
to transmute
[verb]
to change something's nature, appearance, or substance into something different and usually better
bastardization
[noun]
the act of changing or copying something in a way that it no longer has the quality and value it used to
catalyst
[noun]
a person, thing, or event that provokes or accelerates change or activity by introducing new perspectives or actions
landmark
[noun]
something, such as an achievement or event, that is of great importance or influence in something's progress and development
metamorphosis
[noun]
an extreme change in someone or something's nature, character, or form
pith
[noun]
the main meaning or part of something such as an situation, statement, or argument
to ossify
[verb]
to cause something, such as an idea, system, habit, etc. to become fixed and opposed to change
untrammeled
[adjective]
free to do as a person or thing pleases due to not having any limitations or restrictions inflicted upon them
dormant
[adjective]
not in an active, developing, or operating state but can become so later on
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