GRE Vocabulary

A cat or cat family member; of or like a cat

Expressing disapproval or contempt; a derogatory word

A large destructive fire; a large-scale conflict

Relating to the back or upper surface of an animal or organ

An object believed to bring good luck or magical protection

Having significant consequences; following as a result

Extremely dirty and unpleasant; morally degraded

Without good reason; unwarranted

To corrupt or misuse; a person with deviant behavior

Cruel and lacking compassion; causing unnecessary suffering

Impossible to reconcile or make compatible

Deep, lasting bitterness or resentment

A group of geese; any noisy group; to cackle like a goose

To pierce through with a sharp pointed object

A small flat-bladed tool for spreading mortar or digging soil

An advocate or representative; a mathematical power indicator

Relating to or bringing about redemption

A minor official in a bureaucracy

To bring back into alignment or reorganize

A figure of speech comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'

A foolish or embarrassing social blunder

Below the threshold of conscious perception; influencing the mind without awareness

A large, heavy person or thing; an old wrecked ship

To entertain or lavishly feed someone; a feast

Excessively formal and proper in manner; prudish

A minor quarrel; the spawn of shellfish

A petty objection; to argue over trivial matters

To slander someone; evil or harmful in nature

A mournful poem or song lamenting the dead

Morally pure; simple and restrained in style

Final and impossible to change or cancel

To question someone after a mission or project to gather information

Threats or force used to coerce someone

A sudden violent storm; to cry or wail loudly

A dignified lyric poem in praise or celebration of something

Having a winding or curving shape; moving in a graceful, twisting manner

Done gradually, one piece or stage at a time

To reduce in strength or thickness; weakened or thinned

Practical effectiveness, sometimes at the expense of principles

To openly disregard rules or laws; an act of mockery

Playfully fanciful behaviour or ideas

Generous giving of gifts or money, often ostentatiously

Practical and convenient, though not always principled; a practical means to an end

A flat, unvarying tone of voice; speaking without variation in pitch

Having the qualities of a saint; very holy or virtuous

A small or modest amount

A large rodent with sharp protective spines or quills

A sly or lecherous sideways look; to look at someone in such a way