GRE Vocabulary

Waste impurities from molten metal; anything worthless

To wash or bathe; (of water) to flow against something

Easily frightened; timid and shy

The ability to move spontaneously and independently

The habit of being untruthful; a lie or falsehood

An advertisement; to refer or draw attention to something

Relating to fire; (of rock) formed from cooled magma or lava

The front side of a coin or medal; the counterpart of something

The quality of being crude; a rude or vulgar act or remark

Unwillingness to spend money or share; excessive meanness

A long, complicated, and tedious procedure; confused or meaningless talk

Able to be stretched or shaped without breaking; easily influenced

Impossible to measure or predict; a factor that cannot be assessed

An ungrateful person; ungrateful

Easily annoyed or irritated; impatient

Shameless boldness or insolent audacity

A formal objection or protest

The science of soil management and crop production

A person who pleads for another or mediates between parties

Causing tiredness or boredom; tedious

To beg or obtain something by taking advantage of others' generosity

Likely to change or break down easily; unstable

The grassy surface layer of soil; turf; to cover with turf

Unnecessary talk or fuss; to talk at length tediously

Overly fussy or particular about minor details

Appropriate and proper in behavior or appearance

Fashionable, in the current style

To sketch vaguely or foreshadow something

Extremely bad or hateful in quality

Having greater weight, importance or influence

Involving needless repetition of the same meaning

Great pleasure or delight

Of or resembling twilight; dim; active at dawn or dusk

Having keen judgment and wisdom; mentally shrewd

To harden into bone; to become rigid or inflexible in habits or opinions

A substance that reduces nervous system activity; having a sedating effect

To kill or destroy as a sacrifice, especially by burning

Obscure or difficult to understand; hidden from view

Childishly silly or immature

Guilty of betrayal or treachery

Capable of grasping or holding objects by wrapping around them

Sharing the same boundaries, scope, or duration

Worn out, shabby, or of poor quality

Able to use both hands equally well

The complete destruction or eradication of something

A feeling that something bad is going to happen

Not lasting; temporary

A long journey or travels, especially on foot