GRE Vocabulary

A person who writes music professionally

Genuine and not a copy; trustworthy

The act of yielding; a granted right or privilege

The period of holding a position; a permanent academic post

A rounded hemispherical roof or structure

To visit as a ghost or recur in the mind; a frequently visited place

An elected law enforcement officer responsible for a county

To bring a feeling or memory to mind; to call forth

To give up or yield to another's control; the act of doing so

A permanent mark from a healed wound; to leave such a mark

A difference or discrepancy; conflict; statistical measure of spread

A sudden powerful rush or increase; to move or increase suddenly

Explanatory notes on a text; spoken description of a live event

Relating to an empire or emperor; grand and magnificent

To pay or reward someone; to make up for something negative

To remain suspended in the air; to linger nearby uncertainly

Extremely beautiful or impressive; causing great shock

Capable of surviving; practicable and feasible

To make something clearer or easier to understand

To make great efforts toward a goal

To lean at an angle; a slope or inclination

Relating to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned or primitive

Active public support for a cause or person

Relating to money or currency

A substance that kills or inhibits bacteria; relating to such substances

The state of being successful and wealthy

To gather or increase gradually in quantity

To bring criminal proceedings against someone in court

To step in and become involved in order to change or prevent something

To emit steady light and warmth; a warm, steady light or feeling

To be a perfect expression of an abstract idea; to include as part of a whole

Not sharp or interesting; lacking brightness; to blunt or soften

A sudden surprise attack or police search (n.); to carry out such an attack (v.)

A monarch's ornamental headdress; royal power; to officially make someone a monarch

Not genuine; a forgery or imitation; to counterfeit or pretend

To move slowly and quietly; a slow movement; an unpleasant person

A clawed crustacean; its meat as food; to complain

A handwritten or typed original document or text; handwritten

Required by law or authority; compulsory

To promote a product or service publicly to attract buyers

To knock unconscious; to shock or amaze greatly

Deeply loyal and dedicated to someone or something

Fully grown or developed; to become ripe or complete

A feeling of fondness or love toward someone

A postage stamp; to bring the foot down heavily; to press a mark onto a surface

To hide something from view or keep it secret

A bean-shaped organ that filters blood and produces urine; also eaten as food

A performance by one person; done alone