GRE Word List

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

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refraction

deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different


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subsidya grant or gift of money: such as
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
saturateto satisfy fully : satiate
loftan upper room or floor : attic
homogeneousof the same or a similar kind or nature
placeboa usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder
axioma statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate
rankrelative standing or position
choreographythe art of symbolically representing dancing
conspiracythe act of conspiring together