GRE Vocabulary Home 

Included here are approximately 3,000 vocabulary words that have appeared repeatedly on the GRE general test. Each list is comprised of approximately 50 words; click on each word to get the definition.
Abacus - Acclaimed
Acclimate - Adorn
Adroit - Allegory
Alleviate - Analgesic
Analogous - Apathy
Ape - Archaeology
Archaic - Assimilate
Assuage - Avant-Garde
Avarice - Azure
Babble - Bemoan
Bemused - Blithe
Bloated - Buccaneer
Bucolic - Buxom
Cabal - Chisel
Choleric - Comprise
Compunction - Cynic
Dainty - Derision
Derivative - Discrete
Discursive - Dynamo
Earthenware - Enduring
Enervate - Eulogy
Euology - Exuberant
Facetious - Finical
Finicky - Fustian
Gainsay - Gust
Hack - Hypothetical
Iconoclast - Imprecation
Impregnable - Indolence
Indomitable - Insurgent
Insurrection - Itinerate
Jab - Kudos
Labyrinth - Lurk
Macabre - Myriad
Nadir - Overwhelm
Paean - Philistine
Phlegmatic - Prevalent
Prevaricate - Pyre
Quack - Recant
Recast - Reproach
Reprobate - Ruthless
Taciturn - Tyro
Ubiquitous - Unruly
Unsavory - Valor
Valorous - Verbalize
Wade - Wholesome
Whorl - Zest


For best results, go through each list and check-mark those words that you get right. After you are done with a list, study those words without a checkmark. Set up a schedule to study a new list each day, and continually repeat lists to make sure that you are actually learning the words. When studying the vocabulary lists, try to use the word in a sentence and set up an analogy question with each word.