GRE Vocabulary

A person who plays a musical instrument

Rudely abrupt or curt in speech or manner

A circular road junction (n.); indirect or circuitous (adj.)

To officially forbid or prohibit; to banish

A severe tropical cyclone in the western Pacific

Hostility or ill will; underlying motivation

Willing to help or oblige; flexible and cooperative

A person who falsely claims special skills or knowledge to deceive others

Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action

A closing section or speech at the end of a literary work or play

Astonishingly great or impressive

A tall tower supporting electricity cables; an Egyptian temple gateway

To deliberately avoid a duty or responsibility

Unpredictable changes in life or fortune; alternating ups and downs

Slightly salty, as in estuarine water

Suitable for growing crops; farmland fit for cultivation

Calm self-confidence and composure under pressure

Idealistic and impractical, like Don Quixote

Able to be tracked or traced back to an origin

To combine with oxygen; to cause oxidation or rusting

To waste time or resources; a deep-fried battered food

Not symmetric; unevenly arranged

To separate or disconnect; to break into simpler parts

Foolishly or intensely in love with or attracted to someone

To spend winter in a dormant, inactive state

Humorously indecent or sexually explicit; ribald

A barbed spear used to hunt whales or large fish; to strike with such a weapon

A mythological bird reborn from ashes; something that rises again after destruction

An earnest and urgent request or plea

Without preparation or forethought; casually inconsiderate

A noisy arguer; a cowboy who tends horses

A formal agreement to stop fighting; a ceasefire

Nearest or most direct; immediately preceding in a chain of causes

To separate grain from chaff using air; to sift and select

Resembling brass; loud and showy; impudent

Capable of burning easily; a material that can burn

A print or engraved block of wood used in printmaking

A plant whose fibers are used to make linen

A tiny speck or particle, especially of dust

Relating to meteors; extremely fast or brilliant but short-lived

To feel regret about a past action; sorrow or repentance

Full of energy and playfulness; lively

The science and art of cultivating gardens and growing plants

The medieval knightly code of honour; courteous behaviour especially towards women

To erase or completely remove from a record

An irregular wound caused by tearing; the act of lacerating

A tank for storing water; a toilet water tank

Allowing fluids or gases to pass through