GRE WORD LIST

* Click a word for its definition! (by Meriam-Webster Online)

Machiavellian	Occident	abase	abash	abdicate
aberration	abet	abeyance	abhor	abjure
ablution	abnegate	abominate	aboriginal	abortive
abrade	abrogate	abscond	absolve	abstemious
abstinence	abstruse	abut	abysmal	accede
accelerate	accessory	acclimate	acclivity	accolade
accomplice	accord	accost	accoutre	accretion
accrue	acephalous	acerbity	acetic	acidulous
acknowledge	acme	acoustics	acquiescence	acquiescent
acquittal	acrid	acrimonious	actuarial	actuate
acumen	adage	adamant	adapt	addiction
addle	adduce	adept	adhere	adipose
adjunct	adjuration	adjure	admonish	admonition
adroit	adulation	adulterate	adulterated	adumbration
advent	adventitious	adverse	adversity	advert
advocate	aegis	aeon	aesthetic	affable
affected	afferent	affidavit	affiliation	affinity
affirmation	afflatus	affluence	affray	agape
agenda	agglomeration	aggrandize	aggregate	aghast
agility	agitate	agitation	agnostic	agrarian
agronomist	alacrity	albeit	alchemy	alias
alienate	alimentary	alimony	allay	allege
allegory	alleviate	alliteration	allocate	alloy
allude	allusion	alluvial	aloof	altercation
altruism	amalgamate	amass	amazon	ambiguous
amble	ambrosia	ambulatory	ameliorate	amenable
amenities	amiable	amicable	amnesia	amnesty
amoral	amorphous	amortization	amphibian	amphitheater
ample	amplify	amputate	amuck	amulet
anachronism	analgesic	analogous	analogy	anarchy
anathema	ancillary	andirons	anemia	anesthetic
animadversion	animated	animosity	animus	annals
anneal	annihilate	annotate	annuity	annul
anomalous	anomaly	anonymous	antagonism	antediluvian
anthropoid	anthropologist	anthropomorphic	anticlimax	antipathy
antiseptic	antithesis	apathetic	aperture	apex
aphasia	aphorism	apiary	aplomb	apocalyptic
apocryphal	apogee	apologue	apostate	apothecary
apothegm	apotheosis	apparition	appease	appellation
append	apposite	appraise	apprehend	apprehensive
apprise	appurtenances	apropos	aptitude	aquiline
arable	arbiter	arbitrary	arcade	archaeology
archaic	archetype	archipelago	archives	ardor
arduous	argot	aromatic	arraign	arrant
arrogance	arrogate	arroyo	artifacts	artifice
artisan	ascertain	ascetic	asceticism	ascribe
aseptic	ashen	asinine	askance	askew
asperity	aspersion	aspirant	aspiration	assail
assay	asseverate	assiduous	assimilate	assuage
asteroid	astigmatism	astral	astringent	astute
atavism	atelier	atheistic	athwart	atrocity
atrophy	attenuate	attest	attribute	attrition
atypical	audacity	audit	augment	augury
aureole	auroral	auscultation	auspicious	austere
austerity	authenticate	autocrat	automaton	autonomous
autopsy	auxiliary	avarice	avatar	aver
averse	avid	avocation	avouch	avow
avuncular	awe	awry	axiom	azure
babble	bacchanalian	badger	baffle	baleful
balk	balmy	banal	bandanna	baneful
bantering	barb	baroque	barrage	barrister
barterer	bassoon	bate	batten	bauble
beatific	bedizen	bedraggle	beguile	beholden
behoove	belabor	belated	beleaguer	belittle
bellicose	benediction	benefactor	beneficiary	benevolent
benighted	benign	benignity	benison	berate
bereavement	bereft	berserk	besmirch	bestial
bestow	betenoire	betroth	bicameral	biennial
bifurcated	bigotry	bilious	billingsgate	bivouac
bizarre	blanch	bland	blandishment	blasphemous
blasé	blatant	blazon	bleak	blighted
blithe	bloated	bludgeon	bode	bogus
boisterous	bolster	bombastic	boorish	bootless
bouillon	bountiful	bourgeois	bowdlerize	brackish
braggadocio	bravado	brazen	brazier	breach
breviary	brevity	brindled	bristling	broach
brocade	brochure	brooch	brusque	bucolic
buffoonery	bugaboo	bullion	bulwark	bumptious
bungle	bureaucracy	burgeon	burlesque	burnish
buskin	buttress	buxom	cabal	cache
cacophony	cadaver	cadaverous	cajole	caliber
calligraphy	callous	callow	calorific	calumniate
calumny	cameo	canard	candor	canker
canny	cant	cantata	canter	canto
canvass	capacious	caparison	capillary	capitulate
caprice	capricious	caption	captious	carafe
carat	caricature	carillon	carmine	carnage
carnal	carnivorous	carousal	carping	carrion
carteblanche	cartographer	caryatid	cascade	caste
castigate	casualty	casuistry	cataclysm	catalyst
catapult	catastrophe	catechism	cathartic	catholic
caucus	caustic	cauterize	cavalcade	cavil
cede	celerity	celestial	celibate	censor
censure	centaur	centigrade	centrifugal	centripetal
centurion	cerebral	cerebration	cessation	cession
chafe	chaffing	chagrin	chalice	chameleon
champ	chaotic	charisma	charlatan	chary
chasm	chassis	chaste	chastise	chattel
chauvinist	checkered	chicanery	chide	chimerical
chiromancy	chiropodist	choleric	choreography	chronic
churlish	ciliated	circlet	circuitous	circumlocution
circumscribe	circumspect	circumvent	citadel	cite
clairvoyant	clamber	clandestine	clarion	claustrophobia
clavicle	cleave	cleft	clemency	cliché
climactic	clique	cloister	coadjutor	coalesce
cockade	codicil	coerce	cog	cogent
cogitate	cognate	cognizance	cognomen	cohere
cohesion	cohorts	coincident	colander	collaborate
collate	collateral	collation	collier	colloquial
colloquy	collusion	colossal	comatose	combustible
comely	comestible	comity	commandeer	commensurate
commiserate	commodious	compact	compatible	compendium
compilation	complacent	complaisant	complement	compliant
complicity	comport	compromise	compunction	compute
concatenate	concentric	conception	conch	conciliate
concise	conclave	concoct	concomitant	concordat
concurrent	condescend	condign	condiments	condole
condone	conduit	confiscate	conformity	congeal
congenital	conglomeration	congruence	conifer	conjecture
conjugal	connivance	connoisseur	connotation	connubial
consanguinity	consecrate	consensus	consort	constraint
construe	consummate	contaminate	contemn	contentious
context	contiguous	continence	contingent	contortions
contraband	contravene	contrite	controvert	contumacious
contumely	contusion	convene	conversant	conveyance
convivial	convoke	convoluted	copious	coquette
cordon	cormorant	cornice	corporeal	corpulent
correlation	corroborate	corrosive	corsair	cortege
coruscate	cosmic	coterie	countermand	counterpart
covenant	covert	covetous	cower	coy
cozen	crabbed	crass	craven	credence
credo	credulity	creed	crepuscular	crescendo
crestfallen	crevice	criterion	crone	crotchety
cruet	crux	crypt	cryptic	cubicle
cuisine	cul-de-sac	culinary	cull	culmination
culpable	culvert	cupidity	curator	curmudgeon
curry	cursive	cursory	curtail	cynic
cynosure	dais	dally	dank	dastard
daunt	dauntless	dawdle	dearth	debacle
debase	debauch	debenture	debilitate	debonair
debutante	decadence	decant	deciduous	decimate
declivity	decorous	decoy	decrepit	decrepitude
decry	deducible	defalcate	defamation	default
defeatist	defection	deference	defile	definitive
deflect	defunct	degraded	deign	delete
deleterious	delineation	deliquescent	delirium	delude
delusion	delusive	demagogue	demean	demeanor
demesne	demise	demolition	demoniac	demotic
demur	demure	denigrate	denizen	denotation
denouement	depict	depilate	deplete	deploy
deposition	depravity	deprecate	deprecatory	depreciate
depredation	deranged	derelict	deride	derision
dermatologist	derogatory	descant	descry	desecrate
desiccate	desideratum	despicable	despise	despoil
despotism	destitute	desuetude	desultory	detergent
detonation	detraction	detriment	deviate	devious
devoid	devolve	devout	dexterous	diabolical
diadem	dialectic	diaphanous	diatribe	dichotomy
dictum	didactic	diffidence	diffusion	digressive
dilapidation	dilate	dilatory	dilemma	dilettante
diminution	dint	dipsomaniac	dire	disabuse
disavowal	discernible	discerning	disclaim	discomfit
disconcert	disconsolate	discordant	discrete	discretion
discursive	disdain	disgruntle	dishabille	disheveled
disingenuous	disinterested	disjointed	dismember	disparage
disparate	disparity	dispassionate	dispersion	dispirited
disport	disputatious	disquisition	dissection	dissemble
disseminate	dissertation	dissimulate	dissipate	dissolute
dissonance	dissuade	dissuasion	distaff	distend
distortion	distrait	distraught	diurnal	diva
diverge	divers	diverse	diversity	divest
divination	divulge	docile	docket	doddering
doff	doggerel	dogmatic	dolorous	dolt
domicile	dormant	dorsal	dotage	doughty
dour	dregs	droll	dross	drudgery
dubious	duenna	dulcet	duplicity	durance
duress	dynamic	décolleté	earthy	ebullient
eccentricity	ecclesiastic	eclecticism	ecstasy	edify
educe	eerie	efface	effectual	effeminate
effervesce	effete	efficacy	effigy	efflorescent
effluvium	effrontery	effulgent	effusion	effusive
egoism	egotism	egregious	egress	ejaculation
elation	elegiacal	elicit	elucidate	elusive
elusory	emaciated	emanate	emancipate	embellish
embezzlement	emblazon	embroil	embryonic	emend
emendation	emeritus	emetic	eminent	emollient
emolument	empirical	empyreal	emulate	enamored
enclave	encomiastic	encomium	encompass	encroachment
encumber	endearment	endemic	endive	endue
energize	enervate	engender	engross	enhance
enigma	enigmatic	enjoin	ennui	enormity
enrapture	ensconce	ensue	enthrall	entity
entomology	entree	entrepreneur	environ	ephemeral
epicure	epicurean	epigram	epilogue	epitaph
epithet	epitome	epoch	equable	equanimity
equestrian	equinox	equipage	equitable	equity
equivocal	equivocate	erode	erotic	errant
erudite	erudition	escapade	eschew	escutcheon
esoteric	espionage	espritdecorps	estranged	ethereal
ethnic	ethnology	etymology	eugenic	eulogistic
eulogy	euphemism	euphonious	evanescent	evasive
evince	eviscerate	evoke	ewer	exacerbate
exaction	exasperate	exchequer	excision	excoriate
exculpate	execrable	execrate	exegesis	exemplary
exhort	exhume	exigency	exiguous	exodus
exofficio	exonerate	exorbitant	exorcise	exotic
expatiate	expatriate	expediency	expeditiously	expiate
expletive	explicit	expostulation	expunge	expurgate
extant	extemporaneous	extenuate	extirpate	extol
extort	extradition	extraneous	extricate	extrinsic
extrovert	extrude	exuberant	exude	fabricate
facade	facet	facetious	facile	facilitate
faction	factious	factitious	factotum	fain
fallacious	fallible	fallow	fanaticism	fancied
fancier	fanciful	fanfare	fantastic	fastidious
fatalism	fatuous	fauna	fauxpas	fawning
fealty	feasible	febrile	fecundity	feign
feint	felicitous	fell	ferment	ferret
fervent	fervid	fervor	fester	fete
fetid	fetish	fetter	fiasco	fiat
fickle	fictitious	fidelity	fiduciary	figment
filch	filial	finale	finesse	finicky
finite	fissure	fitful	flaccid	flagellate
flagging	flagrant	flail	flair	flamboyant
flaunt	flay	fleck