GRE Vocabulary

To peel the outer skin from something; to reduce gradually

A waterproof floor covering material

A solidified mass of blood or liquid; to form such a mass

A small booth or stall for selling goods or dispensing information

A small regular increase; to increase by steps

Composed of diverse or unlike elements

To become less intense or severe; to diminish

Genuine, real; used to emphasize something remarkable

A person living outside their home country; to live or banish abroad

Just beginning to exist or develop; in an early stage

To make someone extremely angry

Extremely small or tiny; a lowercase letter

A claim of being elsewhere when a crime occurred; an excuse

A loud brass flourish to announce something; a showy celebration

A doctor specializing in heart diseases

To leap about playfully; a prank; a pickled condiment

Following a law or custom; celebrating a holiday or ritual

Melted or liquefied by great heat

A small puncture or sharp pain; to pierce slightly with a point

An introductory section of a book; to introduce with preliminary remarks

To establish a colony in a place; to settle and control a territory

Done without preparation; spontaneous; a short improvised musical piece

To reach a conclusion through logical reasoning

To treat with excessive care or indulgence; to spoil

A compulsory tax or payment; to impose and collect taxes

To obtain or acquire something, especially with effort

To deaden a sound or wrap up warmly; something that reduces sound

Active at night; occurring during the night

To soothe or calm; a temporary period of calm or reduced activity

A feeling of doubt, worry, or apprehension

A flat cake with a grid pattern, eaten with butter or syrup

The wide mouth of a river where it meets the sea

Refined and educated; grown by human care

Large and heavy in build; brave; a dark strong beer

A doctor specializing in skin diseases

A curved chisel; to scoop out a groove; to cheat by overcharging

Based on circumstances; (of evidence) indirect, based on inference

To show off ostentatiously

To force out of a fixed or settled position

Tending to act without thinking; driven by impulse

To trouble or attack from all sides

An orchestral introduction to an opera; an opening proposal or approach

Not subject to rules or official control

A slope or incline; a point of view or bias; to slope or tilt

To scold or rebuke someone angrily

Relating to disease or mental disorder; compulsive and irrational

The highest point or peak of something

A person or country that initiates an attack or conflict