GRE Vocabulary

A device that removes unwanted matter; to pass through a filter

To recover from or cure an illness or injury

To use something for one's advantage; a heroic deed

A complete living thing, such as an animal or plant

Easy to reach, use, or understand

A physical feeling or perception; widespread excitement

To push roughly; a rough push

An official founding document; to hire a vehicle; leased

Something that causes you to remember something

To agree or give permission; voluntary agreement

Never having happened before; without precedent

Coming before and preparing for the main event; an introductory action or qualifying round

An exclusive legal right granted to an inventor; obvious and apparent

Highly offensive or disgusting; total before deductions; twelve dozen

The feel or surface quality of a material; the overall character of something

To condemn or curse; used as an intensifier; not give a damn

A chemical substance produced by the body to regulate organs or tissues

To reveal or make known something previously hidden

Legal guardianship of a child; detention by police

A large deciduous tree; its hard durable wood

The outer shape of something; to summarize main points

Featuring new ideas or methods; creative and forward-thinking

A machine or building for grinding grain; to grind or process

A label attached to something; to attach a label or mark

A systematic list of items or products; to classify into a catalogue

A group of ships or vehicles; swift in movement

The way one stands; one's attitude or position on an issue

Pointing straight up or down; perpendicular to the horizontal

To force or pressure someone to do something

Responsiveness to stimuli; awareness of others' feelings

To announce or declare something officially and publicly

A first public appearance or performance; to make one's first appearance

A long walk for pleasure; to walk or raise prices sharply

A large storage bag; to dismiss from a job; to plunder a captured place

To receive property or traits from a predecessor or parent

To become smaller; to flinch; informally, a psychiatrist

Based on reason and logic; sensible

To imagine or picture something in one's mind

Official rules or procedures; a diplomatic agreement; a computing communication standard

An area of land and its physical features

A category or style of literature, film, or other art forms

To draw someone's attention away from what they are doing

Very unhappy or suffering from depression; economically struggling

A praiseworthy quality or achievement; to deserve something

A thick irregular piece of something; a substantial amount

A reduction in price; to reduce the price of something

To enter by force to conquer; to overrun or encroach upon

A severe tropical storm with very strong winds and heavy rain