GRE Word List
This is a list of approximately 4,800 words commonly used in the GRE.
Today's GRE Word is
embark
commence; go on board a boat; begin a journey
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| immune | resistant to; free or exempt from; N. immunity |
| patrician | noble; aristocratic; N: person of high rank; aristocrat; CF. member of the governing classes in ancient Rome; CF. plebian |
| inundate | flood; overflow; submerge; cover completely; Ex. inundated with work |
| edifice | building (of imposing size) |
| jab | poke abruptly with something sharp; punch with short blows |
| vivacious | lively or animated; sprightly |
| suffragist | advocate of the extension of voting rights (for women); CF. suffrage |
| prefatory | introductory; of a preface |
| goad | urge on; drive with a goad; cause (someone) to do something by continued annoyance; Ex. They goaded him into doing it by saying he was a coward; N: sharp-pointed stick for driving cattle; stimulus; CF. annoy continually |
| abstinence | restraint from pleasant things, esp. eating or drinking; CF. abstention: act of abstaining from vote |