GRE Word List

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

Today's GRE Word is

polity

political organization


Random words
WordMeaning
prolixityunduly prolonged or drawn out : too long
congruencethe quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent
vaingloriousmarked by vainglory : boastful
plaintiveexpressive of suffering or woe : melancholy
heresyadherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma
exasperateto cause irritation or annoyance to
charmthe chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation
lionizeto treat as an object of great interest or importance
alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
placateto soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease