GRE Word List
Prepare for GRE using this word list containing over 4800 frequently used words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bestial | beastlike; brutal; inhuman; very cruel |
| bureaucracy | overregulated administrative system marked by red tape; ADJ. bureaucratic |
| carafe | glass water bottle; decanter |
| cathartic | purgative; medicine that causes the bowels to empty; ADJ. |
| copious | plentiful |
| dappled | spotted |
| depredation | plundering; destruction |
| dictum | authoritative and weighty statement (made by a judge in court); saying; maxim; CF. obiter dictum: incidental, nonbinding remark (something said in passing) |
| expletive | meaningless word; interjection; profane oath; swear-word |
| feint | trick; shift; sham blow; feigned attack to draw away defensive action; V. |
| foliage | masses of leaves; CF. defoliate |
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| genre | particular variety of art or literature |
| gull | trick; deceive; hoodwink; N: person who is easily tricked; dupe |
| minatory | menacing; threatening |
| paradox | something apparently contradictory in nature (that may nonetheless be true); statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| plumage | feathers of a bird; |
| protocol | diplomatic etiquette; ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats; first copy of a treaty before its ratification; Ex. Protocol demands that the queen meet him at the airport. |
| protrude | stick out; jut; project; Ex. protruding teeth |
| temperate | moderate; restrained; self-controlled; moderate in respect to temperature; CF. temperance: moderation and self-restraint; abstinence of alcoholic drinks; Ex. temperance society |
| vassal | in feudalism, one who held land of a superior lord; subordinate or dependent |
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