GRE Word List

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

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shard

a piece or fragment of a brittle substance


Random words
WordMeaning
substantivehaving substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned
apparentopen to view : visible
harbingersomething that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come
wretcha miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune
commandeerto compel to perform military service
dazeto stupefy especially by a blow : stun
dowseto plunge into water
inerrancyexemption from error : infallibility
sproutto grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout
motifa usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts)