GRE Vocabulary

Tending to revert to an earlier state; opposing progress

Unwilling to spend or share; ungenerous

Disturbing and horrifying, especially relating to death

A drug that calms or induces sleep; having a calming effect

To instil ideas or values through repeated instruction

Recommended as sensible or wise; prudent and desirable

Cheerful, lively, and self-confident in manner

Clever and deceitful; cunning

A school for music or fine arts; a glass-enclosed greenhouse

Shockingly unethical or unreasonably excessive

Sharp, bitter, and irritating in smell or taste; harshly caustic

Moving away from a centre; relating to centrifugal force

A hidden or inactive state; a time delay

To break a promise or go back on one's word

Something that discourages; a device reducing vibration or airflow

Remote or rural land surrounding a city or lying inland from a coast

An abdominal organ that filters blood; bad temper or spite

The solid part of soured milk used to make cheese

Shockingly obvious and offensive; blatantly wrong

Separated from or lacking a physical body; incorporeal

To analyze a sentence grammatically; to break data into components for processing

A large spotted wild cat; the fastest land animal

A warm neck scarf; a car exhaust silencer

A charm worn for protection against evil or bad luck

A pause or break between parts of a performance or event

Deeply and sadly thoughtful; absorbed in serious reflection

The art of eloquent public speaking; a small private chapel

A beginner or newcomer; a new convert

A small rounded hill or mound

Untidy and not well cared for; dishevelled

Lacking energy or vitality; slow and listless

A quality conferring prestige or distinction; an official seal

A minor or trivial detail

Present everywhere at the same time

To put a blade into its sheath; to encase in a protective covering

Low-status, unskilled work; a domestic servant

The hardened skin at the base of a fingernail; the outer skin layer

To keep eggs warm for hatching; to nurture ideas

A thick soft food made by boiling oats or grain in water or milk

A black-and-white or single-color image; having only one color

To stare angrily; an angry stare

Fully aware or informed about something

To allot or dispense, especially punishment; a boundary

Widespread fame and admiration

Calm, serious, and conventional in character

To put out of normal position; to displace a bone from its joint

A large feather, especially one used as a writing pen; a sharp spine of a porcupine or hedgehog

One's relatives collectively; of similar nature or character