GRE Word List

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

Today's GRE Word is

vie

to strive for superiority : contend


Random words
WordMeaning
embellishto make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate
sluggarda habitually lazy person
badinageplayful repartee : banter
notorietythe quality or state of being notorious
schematicof or relating to a scheme or schema
cowthe mature female of cattle (genus Bos)
incongruitythe quality or state of being incongruous
annalsa record of events arranged in yearly sequence
reciprocateto give and take mutually
precludeto make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance