GRE Word List
This is a list of approximately 4,800 words commonly used in the GRE.
Today's GRE Word is
talisman
an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| verdant | green in tint or color |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |