GRE Vocabulary

Futile, producing no useful result

To censor a text by removing offensive or indecent parts

Childishly rude and annoying, like a brat

Something produced incidentally; an unintended side effect

A tool used to measure the thickness or diameter of objects

A unit of energy used to measure the energy content of food

To make false statements to damage someone's reputation

Tending to find fault or raise petty objections

Swiftness; speed of movement or action

Of or relating to the head

A rude, ill-mannered person; a miser

Roundabout and unnecessarily wordy

Merciful and lenient; mild in weather

Unwilling to consider new ideas or different opinions

To disgust or weary through excess of something pleasant

A surname or personal epithet; a nickname

Having variable body temperature; showing no emotion or pity

Edible; food or anything suitable to eat

A willingness to please others and comply with their wishes

To join things or text strings together in a chain

Well-deserved and appropriate, especially of punishment

To express sympathy to someone who has suffered a loss

To block or overcrowd, hindering normal flow

A comprehensive overview or summary of a subject

To constrict or cause to contract

Stubbornly disobedient toward authority

Stubborn disobedience to authority or a court

Insulting and contemptuous language or behaviour

A cage or pen for poultry; to confine in a small space

To fold into parallel ridges and grooves; wrinkled

The belief in being a citizen of the world, free from national prejudice

To cheat or deceive someone

A standard or rule used to judge or evaluate something

To hinder or burden; a hindrance

Mean-spirited, ill-tempered, and ignoble

A young swan.

Having reduced vibration or oscillation; extinguished

A malicious coward; cowardly and mean

A poor or unskilled painter

Business transactions; manner of interacting with others

To officially exclude or prevent someone from something

A unit for measuring the intensity or loudness of sound

To misappropriate or embezzle funds

An insect or agent that strips leaves from plants

To clear an area of its trees and forest

To condemn or denounce openly

To appoint someone as a deputy; to delegate a task

To uproot; to displace people from their homeland or cultural roots