GRE Vocabulary

The process of a liquid forming solid clumps or clots

A damaging remark about someone's reputation

To drool; saliva from the mouth; a slave trader

To ask someone earnestly; to beg or plead

The act of selling off assets or a business

Declining in energy or enthusiasm; a pavement of flat stones

Lacking self-confidence; shy and hesitant

A gated water channel; to flush with flowing water

Tending to imitate; not original

A procession of riders or vehicles; a series of impressive events

Foolish, meaningless talk; to talk nonsense

Showing excessive belief in one's own group's superiority

A person who betrays their former allegiance; a traitor

Educated intellectuals with a strong interest in literature

To grow together or accumulate gradually

A bad-tempered, stubborn, disagreeable person

A grammar word linking a noun or pronoun to other words in a sentence

Silently bad-tempered and withdrawn; a light two-wheeled racing cart

To stop the flow of blood or liquid; firm and loyal

To flee secretly, especially to avoid arrest

A state of inactivity or suspended biological activity

Cheerful eagerness and promptness

A slow-witted or unintelligent person

An outgoing, sociable person; outgoing in character

A state of inactivity, lethargy, or dormancy

An ape or monkey; resembling or relating to apes or monkeys

Intrusively eager to offer unwanted advice or help; meddlesome

To coax or persuade through flattery

Coarsely or vulgarly humorous about sexual matters

Based on false reasoning; logically unsound or deceptive

Gloomy and solemn, like a funeral

To pierce or make holes through something

An amateur who dabbles superficially in a subject

A craftsperson who makes or repairs silver objects

A ludicrous or playful act; playful and absurd

Causing persistent discomfort or anxiety

A person who is excessively proper or easily shocked by sexual matters

Flexible and supple; to make flexible through exercise

The state of extreme poverty

Courtesy and mutual respect, especially between nations

Dying without a valid will; a person who dies without a will

Talking fluently and at great length

Lacking refinement or good manners; crude and awkward

A person who speaks many languages; multilingual

Willing to act dishonestly for money; corrupt

A medical institution for long-term treatment and recuperation

The renunciation of one's religion or deeply held beliefs

Gold or silver in bulk, cast as bars or ingots