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GRE Word List - 14

1. alienation - Estrangement.

2. aliment - That which nourishes.

3. alkali - Anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc.

4. allay - To calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate.

5. allege - To assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court.

6. allegory - The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness.

7. alleviate - To make less burdensome or less hard to bear.

8. alley - A narrow street, garden path, walk, or the like.

9. alliance - Any combination or union for some common purpose.

10. allot - To assign a definite thing or part to a certain person.

11. allotment - Portion.

12. allude - To refer incidentally, or by suggestion.

13. allusion - An indirect and incidental reference to something without definite mention of it.

14. alluvion - Flood.

15. ally - A person or thing connected with another, usually in some relation of helpfulness.

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