GRE Word List

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

Today's GRE Word is

respite

a period of temporary delay


Random words
WordMeaning
misapprehensionto apprehend wrongly : misunderstand
bestowto put to use : apply
misadventuremisfortune
featurethe structure, form, or appearance especially of a person
terminuseither end of a transportation line or travel route
high-flownexceedingly or excessively high or favorable
dribbleto issue sporadically and in small bits
leavena substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
masona skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick)
palimpsestwriting material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased