GRE Vocabulary

To explain with examples; to add pictures to a text

A formal assessment of quality or performance

To focus attention or effort; a condensed substance

The top of a mountain; the highest point of something; to reach a maximum

A self-propelled guided weapon; any object thrown as a weapon

Official authority to act; a percentage-based fee; to officially authorize

Unchanging or persistent (adj.); a fixed value in mathematics (n.)

A person with long experience; a former member of the armed forces

To throw lightly upward; a casual throw or coin flip

Extremely important or decisive for an outcome

A shortage or lack; excess of spending over revenue

A goal or target; not influenced by personal bias; based on facts

The general opinion people have about someone or something

To face a difficult situation or person directly; to challenge face to face

A brief quick look; to look briefly at something

An object to play with; to casually consider or play with something

A measurable extent such as length or width; an aspect of a situation

Having an even surface; free from problems; to make even or flat

To look carefully at something; a person of equal standing; a British nobleman

The people employed in an organization; the human resources department

A person who designs things professionally; made by a famous designer

An indirect effect or consequence; something suggested without being stated

To go with someone; to occur alongside; to play musical accompaniment

A cloth symbol of a country or organization; to mark for attention

To speak very softly; a quiet voice or rumor

To move back and forth around a fixed point; a swinging seat; a shift or change

Lasting indefinitely without change; not temporary

To hold someone in one's arms; to eagerly accept an idea

To build or assemble something (v.); something constructed or a concept (n.)

A flat cooking vessel; to harshly criticize

To make safe or obtain; free from danger or risk

A male deer or similar animal; (informal) a dollar; to resist or oppose

A business or company; a bold undertaking; initiative and drive

The digestive organ in the body; the belly; to tolerate something unpleasant

To set up equipment or software for use; to place someone in an official position

Easily affected by stimuli or emotions; responsive to others' feelings

Instructions for preparing food; a method for achieving a result

Basic, fundamental, or very simple; relating to primary education

Prone to attacking or arguing; forceful and determined

The quality of including many different types or people; variety

A feeling or image retained in the mind; a mark made by pressure

A person who replies to a survey or is a defendant in a legal case

To discuss in order to reach an agreement; to successfully deal with an obstacle

To bring back to a former condition; to return something to its owner

Large and important; real and solid

Following accepted customs or traditional methods; ordinary

A hard outer covering; an artillery projectile; to remove the shell or bombard

A person who acts on behalf of or assists a superior