GRE Word List

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

Today's GRE Word is

futile

serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective


Random words
WordMeaning
recurrentrunning or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course
osseousbony
bulgeto jut out : swell
compileto compose out of materials from other documents
worldlyof, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs
impromptumade, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised
expedientsuitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance
retortto pay or hurl back : return
farcestuff
inconsistencyan instance of being inconsistent