GRE Vocabulary

A stroke with a whip; an eyelash; to whip or strike forcefully; to tie tightly

The outer areas or suburbs surrounding a city or town

To tolerate something; to comply with rules; to remain

To annoy someone; to cause bodily discomfort or inflammation

A sudden bright light or flame; to burn brightly; to spread outward

Action taken to harm someone in return for harm done; revenge

Having a pleasant, delicious flavor

A point of land projecting into the sea; a short sleeveless cloak

The study of past human cultures through physical remains

To eat greedily; to consume or destroy completely

An organism living off a host; a person who exploits others

Completing or enhancing each other; forming a whole together

To wander or roam freely over a wide area

To inquire nosily into others' affairs; to force open with a lever

A religious group or sect; a unit of currency value; a name or designation

The process of combining into one whole; making something stronger

In accordance with usual practice or tradition

A mark of disgrace or shame; the pollen-receiving part of a flower

Showing kindness and compassion toward others

A metal frame for holding fire; to shred food or make an irritating scraping sound

To refuse to deal with someone as protest; such a collective refusal

To remove surface matter from liquid; to glide over; to read quickly

An official who enforces rules in a sport; to act as a referee

A numeral from 0 to 9; a finger or toe

Immediate understanding without conscious reasoning; a gut feeling

To calculate; to consider or believe something

A general rule or principle; a body of accepted authoritative works

Unusual or odd in behaviour; a person with unconventional habits

Kind, polite, and warmly courteous; an exclamation of surprise

To remove a government by force; the forcible removal of a ruler

To complain in a discontented way; a surly complaint

A poisonous substance produced by living organisms

Goods transported commercially; the cost of transporting them

Harm inflicted in return for a wrong; revenge

Political influence or power; to hit hard

Smooth and shiny; a magazine or photo printed on shiny paper

To damage or spoil something; a blemish

Sports and physical activities; track and field events

To run at full speed over a short distance; a short fast race

A large inflow of people or things

Fake or fraudulent; a person who pretends to be someone they are not

Half of the Earth or a sphere

A person learning a trade under a skilled master

The military branch that fights on horseback or in fast vehicles

To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion

A long heroic narrative poem; impressively grand or heroic

To gently persuade or flatter someone into doing something

A covering of real or synthetic hair worn on the head