GRE Vocabulary

Showing mental or physical decline due to old age

Showy or elaborate clothes and accessories

To make something clearer and easier to understand

To pack or press down firmly by repeated strokes

A heavy club; to hit with a club or to coerce

Deliberate deception; double-dealing behavior

Simple, austere, and without comfort or luxury

Confident, flamboyant style or flair

Excessively fussy and hard to please; overly particular about details

To beg or implore someone earnestly

A person who lives in self-imposed isolation; a hermit

Soft, loose, and lacking firmness, especially of flesh

To loot or plunder by force; goods seized as spoils of war

The state of being morally corrupt or wicked

A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized cloth

Extreme tiredness or lack of energy and enthusiasm

Relating to hell; hellish; extremely annoying

A romantic song sung outdoors for a loved one; to perform such a song

The crime of fraudulently stealing money one was trusted to manage

The state of boredom caused by dullness or monotony

An irregular patch of colour or discoloration; to mark with blotches

The scientific study of human populations and their characteristics

Feeling sad and low-spirited; dispirited

The branch of medicine dealing with the nervous system and its disorders

Greedy and acquisitive; the act of gripping something

To cause nausea or strong disgust

Strange and supernatural; not of this world

An expert or enthusiast highly knowledgeable in a particular field

A written message or letter

Sensible and stable; connected to earth electrically; not allowed to fly

Giving way under pressure; compliant (adj.); a concession (n.)

A gate controlling water flow; something restraining a large outpouring

The use of deception or dishonest methods to achieve something

A member of an academy or learned society; a university scholar

To strip the skin off; to criticize harshly

A cruel ruler with absolute power; a tyrant

A parody or hoax; to satirize or deceive

Wild chaos, uproar, or noisy disorder

To be full of or swarming with something; to rain heavily

Cheap and showy in a tasteless way

A flowering plant with showy colorful heads, native to China

To burn slightly or scorch the surface; a slight burn

A burrowing mammal; to pester or annoy someone persistently

To go beyond appropriate limits or one's ability; overextension

Knowing everything; having unlimited knowledge

Lacking solidity or reality; not real or significant

Falling or flowing in very large, heavy amounts

Tending to splash; showy or eye-catching