GRE Vocabulary

Stubborn; or practical and realistic

Bold courage and daring in the face of difficulty

Causing great sadness or grief

The quality of being overly forceful or lacking subtlety

A serf or slave; an ancient Spartan serf

The handle of a tool or weapon

A surgical instrument used to stop bleeding

Dominated or constantly nagged by one's wife or girlfriend

A word spelled the same as another but with a different meaning

The science and art of measuring time and making clocks

Urging or encouraging action; a grammatical mood of exhortation

To worship as an idol; to adore excessively

To be imminent or about to happen

Not feeling remorse for wrongdoings; unrepentant

Lack of power or strength; helplessness

Too small or slight to be noticed

Uncertainty or doubt; lack of confidence

Thoughtless and inconsiderate

The quality of being impossible to correct or reform

A hard crust or coating formed on a surface

To imply someone's guilt; to incriminate

Plural of index: numerical scales, listings, or exponents

To compose or write a literary work

To harden or become callous; hardened or obstinate

To make drunk; a habitual drunkard; intoxicated

Impossible to erase or remove; indelible

The state of being inflexible or unresponsive to change

Not suitable or advisable; impractical

Impossible to atone for; unforgivable

To inspire an intense, unreasoning passion or attraction in someone; Foolishly or intensely attracted to someone; infatuated

Inappropriate or awkward; not well chosen or expressed

Inappropriateness, especially in expression or style

An advance or encroachment into enemy territory or a new area; initial progress toward a goal

Lacking consciousness or feeling; inanimate

To expose to the sun's rays

The quality of being impossible to touch or clearly define

To intrude or meddle where one has no right

The process or condition of swelling up

Accustomed to something difficult or unpleasant through experience

To supervise an examination to prevent cheating

Impossible to root out or eradicate

Lacking substance or interest; naive and simplistic

Playful and humorous; the act of joking

Cheerful and full of high spirits

The quality of having good judgment

The range of one's knowledge or understanding

Practical knowledge and skill needed to do something

Tearful, sad, or tending to cause weeping