GRE Word List
This is a list of approximately 4,800 words commonly used in the GRE.
Today's GRE Word is
defoliate
to deprive of leaves especially prematurely
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| herpetologist | a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |