GRE Word List
This is a list of approximately 4,800 words commonly used in the GRE.
Today's GRE Word is
malapropism
the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| inductive | of, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |