GRE Word List
This is a list of approximately 4,800 words commonly used in the GRE.
Today's GRE Word is
ellipsis
the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| pastoral | of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |