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
WordMeaning
elatedmarked by high spirits : exultant
betokento typify beforehand : presage
fusilladea number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession
herpetologista branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians
piscatorialpiscatory
syllogisma 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")
cavilto raise trivial and frivolous objection
placeboa usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder
puzzleto offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally
smolderto burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke