GRE Vocabulary

The fine powder produced by flowers that fertilizes other plants of the same species

Of or relating to the Earth; living on land

To spread through or penetrate every part of something

Relating to the sea, navigation, or shipping; coastal

An ambiguity in a law that allows one to avoid its intent

To make someone familiar with a person or subject

To cause someone to suffer pain or distress

To darken skin in the sun; a light yellowish-brown colour; sun-darkened skin

A person who conducts or analyzes opinion polls

To look through casually; to navigate web pages

To gather or accumulate a large amount of something over time

To travel across or pass through; a crossing route

A feeling of contempt or scorn; to regard with contempt

Shrewd and knowledgeable (adj.); practical wisdom (n.)

A forerunner or indicator of something to come; a chemical precursor

Deeply moving or emotionally distressing

To move rapidly back and forth; to resonate

Required or established by law

Having an end or limit; not infinite

To give or pass on knowledge, a quality, or information

A person who opposes the government or authority; disagreeing with official policy

To entertain or make someone laugh; to keep pleasantly occupied

Drawing from diverse sources or styles; a person who does so

Cleverly cunning or secretively mischievous

To assign to a lower or less important position; to demote

To secretly plan with others to do something harmful or illegal

An expert commentator or critic, especially in the media

To force someone out of a position or place

To attract or lure someone with something appealing

Based on guesswork rather than facts; involving financial risk

To divide into parts; a wall dividing a space; a hard disk section

To completely destroy a building; to thoroughly defeat or disprove

Soft tissue inside bones; a large green vegetable

A loop of thread in sewing; a sharp side pain; to sew

A massive explosion of a star, making it extremely bright

To indicate or be a sign of; to mean literally

Completely lacking or without something

Official permission or approval to do something

Made up of various different kinds; mixed

To feel or cause deep sorrow, especially over a loss

Willing and open to receiving new ideas or suggestions

A school for training religious clergy

Straps fitted to an animal or person; to control and make use of something

The use of force or threats to compel action

Light fine rain; to rain lightly

To scatter and disappear; to squander; to live dissolutely

To make widely known to the public

Lacking the skill or ability to do something properly