GRE Word List
This is a list of approximately 4,800 words commonly used in the GRE.
Today's GRE Word is
cornucopia
a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| physiognomy | the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |