GRE Vocabulary

Mutual action or exchange between people or things

The set of courses offered at a school or university

A sign conveying information; to communicate by a signal; notably important

Something of value owned by a person or organization; a useful quality or advantage

A mental disorder causing persistent sadness; a period of economic decline; a sunken area

Relating to the spirit or soul; a religious folk song

To believe someone is guilty without proof; a person under suspicion; regarded with distrust

A statement of a word's meaning; clarity of an image

Something considered more important than other things; the right to be dealt with first

To ask for something; a polite or formal act of asking

A list of items to be discussed or a plan of things to do

The ability to act independently; a new plan or approach; the first step

To seize someone by legal authority; to stop a process

to buy; something bought

A small broken piece; a silicon microchip; to break off small pieces

The act of examining similarities and differences between things

A person who opposes or competes against another

To desert or give up completely (v.); uninhibited freedom from restraint (n.)

Mental or emotional strain; physical tightness or pulling force; conflict between opposing forces

To curve or cause to curve; a curved section of a road or river

To abandon; a large dry barren land; uninhabited

The process of changing from one state or stage to another

Always the same; in agreement with something

Being unprotected from harm; the act of revealing something; photographic exposure

A body position held for a photo; to present a risk or problem; to pretend

A small river; a continuous flow; to flow or stream media online

A temporary alliance of groups formed for a common purpose

To repeat someone's exact words; a repeated statement or passage; a price estimate

To put things into a container; a bundle or group of things

Very many; existing in large numbers

A type of physical matter; the essential part of something

Controlled behaviour or self-control; a field of study; to train or punish

To carry out a plan or decision; a tool for a specific task

A unit of heredity that determines inherited traits

To make changes to improve or adapt something

To have control or power over others; to be the most important element

To move something or someone to another place or person; the act of doing so

To examine something carefully by breaking it into parts

To fasten or join one thing to another; to include a file with a message

A sudden catastrophic event causing great damage or suffering

The likelihood of future success; a wide view or scene; to search for minerals

A competition to determine the overall winner; the title of champion

Forming the essential base; a basic principle

Very bad or intense; strict and harsh; plain in appearance

To improve or increase the quality or value of something

To force a rule, tax, or burden on someone

The act of entering; an item recorded in a list or database

To successfully complete or achieve something