GRE Word List

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

Today's GRE Word is

recreant

crying for mercy : cowardly


Random words
WordMeaning
fallowof a light yellowish-brown color
lampoonsatire
perpetualcontinuing forever : everlasting
intrinsicbelonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing
oddsthe probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances
drossthe scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal
reduceto draw together or cause to converge : consolidate
indicessigns; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index
jabto pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object
codaa concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure