GRE Word List
This is a list of approximately 4,800 words commonly used in the GRE.
Today's GRE Word is
adjacent
not distant : nearby
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| executor | one who executes something |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |