GRE Word List

This is a list of approximately 4,800 words commonly used in the GRE.

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libel

a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought


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seminaryan environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated
usurpto seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right
sterilefailing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores
menageriea place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition
catalysta substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible
monetaryof or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy
affinityrelationship by marriage
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
mata piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support
gargoylea spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building