GRE Vocabulary

To humiliate or embarrass deeply; to suppress bodily desires

Mentally confused due to illness; wildly excited

To drive back or repel; to cause disgust; a rejection

To lower someone's rank or status

To surrender or yield to pressure

Strongly desiring or seeking revenge

A harsh criticism; a restriction; a narrowing of a body passage

A clever trick or cunning deception

A circular metal percussion instrument; to strike a gong

A concise but comprehensive summary or collection

Relating to or existing as gas

Having an unpleasant smell or taste due to spoilage

Cunning and dishonest; roundabout

Easily set on fire; highly combustible

A person's facial expression; to tolerate or approve of something

Protection or sponsorship; under the aegis of someone

To drag feet or scrape a surface (v.); a scratch or scrape mark (n.)

A place for storing dead bodies; relating to death or funerals

One's habitual custom or practice (n.); accustomed to doing something (adj.)

Turned or tilted to one side; not straight

Desiring revenge; spiteful

Feeling great joy and triumph

To border on or be adjacent to something

The wearing away of a surface by friction; a scraped area on skin

Instruction or guidance; the state of being under someone's protection

An unstoppable, crushing force or power; a massive truck

A short pleasure trip or excursion

Short and sharply detached notes in music; abrupt and disconnected

An underground vault or burial chamber, especially beneath a church

Rushing forward recklessly, head first

Extremely complex and difficult to understand

To suppress firmly; to declare a legal ruling invalid

Having completed a degree; arranged in graded levels

Of enormous size or power; colossal

To mildly rebuke someone; an expression of criticism or shame

Lush and green; covered with green vegetation

To secretly monitor communications; a device used for this purpose

The distinctive tone quality of a voice or instrument

An exact copy or reproduction; to send by fax

Oppressively hot and humid

To expand or widen; to speak at length

To cause someone to lose hope or enthusiasm; to discourage

Copying another's work and presenting it as one's own

Making one feel fresh and full of energy

Simple, modest, and without affectation

Helping to restore health or strength; a substance that restores vitality

Highly pleasing or delicious; something delightful

To admire someone excessively; to worship as an idol