GRE Vocabulary

Thin and tall; (of hair) straight and limp

The quality of being unhurried and relaxed

Calm and sensible; showing good judgment

Permitted by law; lawful and legitimate

Resembling or consisting of wood; woody

The distinctive features or outline of a face

Tediously verbose; using too many words

Lacking refinement or good manners

To study or work diligently late at night; to write in a scholarly manner

To stain or spot; marked with spots or blotches

Marked with spots or blotches

Using pompous or boastful language

To pretend to be ill to avoid work or duty

An unpleasant or offensive smell

To release someone from slavery

To roam and raid in search of plunder

The branch of physics about motion and forces; the workings of something

Properly deserved or earned

An early form of hypnosis; the power to control another's mind

Courageous, spirited, and full of determination

Threatening or menacing

The official written record of a meeting

A strong dislike of or opposition to marriage

Done at the wrong or inappropriate time

Techniques or devices used to aid memory

To pamper or overprotect; a pampered, weak person

An obsessive fixation on a single subject or idea

The accepted customs and moral norms of a social group

Close to death or near to ceasing to exist

A monetary fine; to impose a fine or swindle

Official documents kept as proof of ownership or rights

Military weapons and ammunition; to supply with weapons

A person with excessive self-admiration and self-centeredness

The act or skill of swimming

To speak negatively of or refuse something; a denial

Very poor or in great need

Inflammation of the kidneys

Farthest down; lowest

A miser; miserly and unwilling to spend

Nothing; zero

A gripping or cutting tool; claws of a crustacean

Sharply cold and biting; the act of pinching

A person or thing with no equal; unrivalled

Not capable of catching fire or burning easily

To bewilder completely; a state of bewilderment

Not radioactive

The quality of being notable; a distinguished person

To form a nucleus; having a nucleus