GRE Word List
Prepare for GRE using this word list containing over 4880 frequently used words.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| advocacy | support; active pleading on behalf of someone or something |
| authoritative | having the weight of authority; regarded as providing knowledge that can be trusted; reliable; peremptory and dictatorial; Ex. authoritative dictionary/manner; CF. definitive |
| centrifuge | machine that separates substances by whirling them |
| distant | reserved or aloof; cold in manner; Ex. distant greeting; ADV. distantly |
| downcast | disheartened; dejected; sad; directed downward |
| minutiae | petty or trivial details; CF. minutia |
| mode | prevailing style; current fashion; manner; way of doing something; Ex. in the latest mode; Ex. simple mode of life |
| orator | public speaker |
| phobia | morbid fear |
| plumb | exactly vertical; N: weight on the end of a line; V: examine very carefully or critically in order to understand; measure depth (by sounding); Ex. plumb the depth of |
| precursor | forerunner; predecessor |
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| rivulet | small stream; CF. rill < rivulet < river |
| sallow | (of the skin) yellowish and unhealthy-looking; sickly in color; Ex. sallow complexion due to jaundice |
| scavenge | hunt through discarded materials for usable items or food; search, especially for food; N. scavenger: one who scavenges; animal that feeds on refuse and carrion |
| somber | dark; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; CF. shadow |
| tantalize | tease; excite by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach; torture with disappointment; CF. Tantalus: Greek mythological figure |
| testator | maker of a will; CF. testatrix |
| touchy | oversensitive; easily offended; irasible; delicate; needing delicate handling; Ex. touchy situation |
| vitiate | spoil the effect of; make inoperative; corrupt morally |
| whimsical | capricious; fanciful; amusingly strange |
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