GRE words

abate:- to decrease,reduce
abdicate:- to give up a position,right or power
aberrant:- deviating from what is normal
abeyance:-temporary supression or suspension
abjure:- to reject or abandon formally
abject:-miserable or pitiful
abscission:- the act of cutting ,natural separation of leaf or other part of the plant
abscond:-to depart secretly
abstemious:-moderate in apetite
abstinence:-giving up of certain pleasures
abysmal-very bad
accretion- growth in size , increase in amount
accrue-to [...]