GRE Word List
This is a list of approximately 4,800 words commonly used in the GRE.
Today's GRE Word is
touching
capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| festive | of, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival |