GRE Vocabulary

Tending to control others unfairly for personal gain

Filled with strong feeling and enthusiasm; fervent

Vulnerability or tendency to be easily affected or harmed

To walk slowly and leisurely; a leisurely stroll

To strongly disapprove of or feel deep regret about something

Active hostility or strong opposition

Providing additional support; supplementary

A fast bird of prey with pointed wings; to hunt with falcons

Characterized by hypocrisy; saying one thing but doing another

A blue-green semi-precious gemstone; its pale greenish-blue colour

A serious shortage or scarcity of something

Widespread or very common, especially of something unpleasant

Done deliberately; stubbornly determined to have one's own way

To arrange rules or laws into a systematic written code

A floating marker in water; to keep afloat or support at a high level

Having a deep, full, echoing sound; evoking strong emotion

To adjust or mark a measuring instrument against a standard

A narrow-necked bottle; a pocket container for spirits; a lab vessel

A lasting feeling of resentment; to be unwilling to give or allow something

A list of sources or books cited in a work or related to a subject

Relating to glaciers; extremely slow; very cold

To stimulate into action; to coat with zinc

Forceful and strongly expressed; a word or form used for emphasis

The formal approval or confirmation of an agreement or treaty

Having a strong pleasant fragrance; a fragrant plant or compound

Quiet, gentle, and humble; not assertive

To burn or discolour with heat; a mark left by burning

To twist out of shape; a distortion or bend

To transplant tissue or join plants; a transplanted piece of tissue; corruption

Not harmful or likely to cause offence

Gathered together; calm and in control of one's emotions

To cook by direct heat; food cooked this way

To persuade someone not to do something

The mood or atmosphere of a place

To obstruct legislation through prolonged speeches; the tactic itself

To make restless movements out of nervousness; a nervous twitch or restless person

A member of the aristocracy or hereditary nobility

Having a rough, harsh-sounding voice

A secure position for the feet; a stable base for further progress

Infected with harmful bacteria; relating to putrefaction

The complete range or extent of something

Lasting for only a very short time

A large deciduous shade tree; its hard wood

A political community or federation of self-governing states

A connection or central point linking a group of things

To move smoothly with a twisting motion, like a snake

Horrifyingly shocking; deathly pale; extremely bad

Easily irritated; grumpy; eccentric