GRE Word List

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

Today's GRE Word is

piquant

engagingly provocative


Random words
WordMeaning
graphicof or relating to the pictorial arts
toteman object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry
drudgerydull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor
compellingthat compels: such as
breachinfraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard
comestibleedible
degeneratehaving declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
decimateto select by lot and kill every tenth man of
tenaciousnot easily pulled apart : cohesive
cisternan artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater)