GRE Word List

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

Today's GRE Word is

gist

essence; main point; substance


Random words
WordMeaning
disquisitiona formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse
emollientmaking soft or supple
institutionan established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character
temperatehaving a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature
idylla simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment
disabuseto free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy
dawdleto spend time idly
ascendancygoverning or controlling influence : domination
hauntto visit often : frequent
agnostica person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable