GRE Vocabulary

Lasting forever or continuing without interruption

A temporary substitute; improvised and not ideal

Friendly goodwill toward others; a business's intangible reputation value

Done in secret or hidden; a hiding place

A flat surface of a gem; a distinct aspect of something

To take away weapons; to reduce hostility or suspicion

To gesture to someone to come closer; to seem inviting

To create or perform without preparation; to make do with what is available

The state of being a candidate for election or appointment

The state of being absorbed by a particular thought or concern

To slow down or block progress; to hinder

To flinch involuntarily from pain or discomfort; such a movement

To become less intense or active; to sink or settle down

Poor and lacking resources; excessively seeking attention

Expressing opinions freely and boldly; frank

One of the colored parts of a flower

A protein produced by the immune system to neutralize foreign substances

Infertile, unable to produce crops or offspring; a desolate area of land

A jointed device allowing a door to swing; to depend on something

Relating to the sky, outer space, or heaven; divine

To grip or press tightly; a tight grip

Ordinary and unexciting; relating to worldly rather than spiritual matters

Careful, sensible, and showing good judgment

The broken remains of something destroyed

Agreed upon by everyone with no dissent

To cut a pattern into a surface using acid; to make a lasting impression

The act of continuing without interruption; something that extends or carries on

To spread or stain; a dirty mark; a false damaging accusation

Showing brilliant creativity; filled with motivation

The ability to think and reason; a highly intelligent person

To fill with a quality; to steep in liquid to extract flavour

To flow in a thin slow stream; such a thin flow

To fill with air or gas; to increase abnormally

Having a lot of wind; exposed to strong winds; using too many words without saying much

Lasting or recurring over a long time; a plant living more than two years

To partly cover or coincide with something else; a shared area or feature

Long life or duration of existence

To think deeply; a source of creative inspiration

No longer in use; outdated

A person or thing responsible for a crime or problem

Unable to pay one's debts; to make someone insolvent; an insolvent person

Something that deviates from what is normal or expected

A powerful or wealthy person; a bump on a ski slope

To cry out loudly in grief; a prolonged high-pitched cry of distress

A hidden store of supplies; to store in a hidden place; fast-access computer memory

A person or thing acting as a substitute for another

Relating to or expressing a cause-and-effect relationship

To rescue property or a situation from loss or damage; the act or goods of such rescue