GRE Word List

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

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nepotism

favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship


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WordMeaning
monographa learned treatise on a small area of learning
filthfoul or putrid matter
nominalof, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction
brochurepamphlet
sterilefailing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores
transparenthaving the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid
cataracta clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light
gingerlyvery cautious or careful
despiseto look down on with disrespect or aversion
obscuredark