GRE Vocabulary

A device used to inject or withdraw fluids; to inject or clean with a syringe

To open the mouth wide from tiredness or boredom (v.); the act of doing so (n.)

To regard with deep respect and devotion

To formally give up a right or claim; to disown or reject

To leave one's country to settle in another

Money given to corrupt someone's judgment; to offer such payment

To move with quick side-to-side motions; such a movement

To exaggerate or describe something as more than it really is

To flinch or recoil in fear or embarrassment; to feel very embarrassed

Traditional knowledge or stories about a subject; fictional backstory

An official public announcement or declaration

The most intense or decisive point of something; to reach that point

To treat someone cruelly or unfairly; to make someone a victim

To dig up; to discover something hidden

Having mixed or contradictory feelings about something

Containing high levels of moisture in the air; damp

To block or hinder progress or movement

To walk slowly and heavily; a long tiring walk

To gather information or grain bit by bit

To draw broad conclusions from specific cases; to speak in general terms

Formal admission to a position or group; reasoning from specific to general; electromagnetic induction

Tending to hint at something; often implying something sexual or improper

A tap controlling the flow of water from a pipe

To hide or store something secretly; a hidden supply

A sharp fragment of broken glass or pottery

A boneless strip of fish or meat; to remove bones and slice

A regional or social variety of a language

Extremely dry with little rainfall; lacking vitality

To gradually decrease in size or amount

Lasting only a short time; temporary or fleeting

To feel or show great happiness

An adult female horse

An exaggerated comic drawing of a person; to depict someone in an exaggerated way

The force or process that drives something forward

Clothing, especially formal dress; to dress or clothe someone

Something derived from another source; not original or fundamental

Existing in name only; insignificantly small

Magnificent beauty, grandeur, or brilliance

Completely obvious and shameless; offensively noticeable

The ability to survive or succeed; feasibility

The state of sticking or working together as a unified whole

Relating to or illustrated by pictures; a magazine with many pictures

A person with extreme devotion to a cause; excessively zealous

A performance or interpretation; a translation; a visual illustration

One's family lineage and the people from whom one is descended

An indirect or unintended consequence of an action

Not serious or sensible; silly and trivial

A lure used to attract someone into danger; to entice into a trap