GRE Word List

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

Today's GRE Word is

threadbare

having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby


Random words
WordMeaning
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
honeto sharpen or smooth with a whetstone
bulliongold or silver considered as so much metal
mediateoccupying a middle position
impietythe quality or state of being impious : irreverence
tarnishto dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil
frictionthe rubbing of one body against another
fitfulcharacterized by fits or paroxysms
dubiousunsettled in opinion : doubtful
boundfastened by or as if by a band : confined