GRE Word List

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

Today's GRE Word is

foil

to prevent from attaining an end : defeat


Random words
WordMeaning
construeto analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part)
exoticintroduced from another country : not native to the place where found
seinea large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore
jargonthe technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group
colloquyconversation
insinuateto impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply
apocryphalof doubtful authenticity : spurious
deferencerespect and esteem due a superior or an elder
abysmalimmeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad
adjournto suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time