GRE Word List

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

Today's GRE Word is

imperil

to bring into peril : endanger


Random words
WordMeaning
dominantcommanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others
inimicalbeing adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence
stumpthe basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed
anathemasomeone or something intensely disliked or loathed
mendaciousgiven to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth
impaleto pierce with or as if with something pointed
scuttlea shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce)
epistemologistthe study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
calamitya disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering