GRE Vocabulary

To feel smug pleasure, especially at another's misfortune

A loud confused commotion or uproar; violent disorder

A vivid purplish-red color

To do something badly; a clumsy or ruined piece of work

A thick underground stem storing nutrients, such as a potato

A quality that evokes feelings of pity or sorrow in an audience

A statement of personal beliefs or guiding principles

Property or money left to someone in a will

Done secretly to avoid being noticed; stealthy

To damage someone's reputation or purity; to soil or stain

A complete standstill due to equally matched opposition; to cause such a situation

Brief and concise in speech or writing; sometimes abruptly short

Extremely happy and content

Moral or cultural decline; excessive self-indulgence

A violent rotating windstorm; a tropical storm.

Truthfulness; the quality of being accurate and honest

A substance that prevents infection; relating to preventing microbial growth

A tall pointed tower on a church

A summary or concluding statement; the process of adding items together

Slim, flexible, and graceful in movement

A serious split within a group or church

To agree or consent; to assume an office; to join a treaty

A gripping hand tool with two hinged jaws

Sly and cunning

Extremely offensive or disgusting; conflicting with

A heavy iron block for shaping metal by hammering

Full of foam or bubbles; lacking depth or substance

Stubbornly resistant to authority; an uncooperative person

Sexual desire or drive

To vaccinate or introduce a substance to produce immunity

To confirm or guarantee the truth or reliability of something or someone

A small, roughly built shack; a sailors' work song

Not yet used or drawn upon

A grotesque misrepresentation or poor imitation; to parody something

An animal without a backbone; lacking a backbone

The circumference around something, especially the waist

A temporary framework for construction workers; an execution platform

A container for storing things; the base of a flower where petals attach

A medical instrument for listening to sounds inside the body

Former; belonging to an earlier time

Happening at an inconvenient or premature time

An abandoned person or property; neglectful of duty; dilapidated

Long, thin, and weak-looking

Allowing great freedom; lenient and not strict in discipline

The tube carrying food from the throat to the stomach

A person practicing strict self-denial; characterized by severe self-discipline and abstinence

To transfer power or responsibility to another

Natural light display in the sky (aurora borealis/australis); Roman goddess of dawn