900+ Essential GRE Words

aberrant

abeyance

abscond

abstemious

abstruse

absurd

abyss

acquiesce

adamant

adept

admonish

adulate

adulation

adulterate

adumbrate

adverse

aesthete

affable

affliction

affluent

aggrandize

agitate

agog

alacrity

allegation

allegiance

ally

amalgamate

ambiguous

ambivalent

ambrosial

ameliorate

amenable

anachronism

analgesic

annex

annotate

annul

anomalous

antediluvian

antipathy

antiseptic

aphoristic

apocryphal

apparition

appraise

apprehension

apprise

approbation

aptitude

aqueous

arable

arbitrate

arduous

articulate

ascetic

ascribe

asperity

aspersion

aspiration

assess

assuage

astringent

astute

atone

atrophy

attentive

attenuate

audacious

augment

auspicious

austere

avarice

aver

averse

avert

avid

baleful

balk

banal

baneful

banter

barefaced

bask

belie

bellicose

benevolent

benign

bilk

bizarre

blandishment

bleak

blithe

blunder

board

bog

bogus

bolster

bombast

boor

breach

brisk

brittle

brood

burgeon

burlesque

buttress

cadge

cajole

calisthenics

cant

caprice

captor

castigate

catalyst

caustic

cavern

censor

censure

cessation

charter

chary

chicanery

circumlocution

circumspect

claim

clot

clumsy

coagulant

coerce

cogent

cognizance

coherent

collusion

commensurate

commentator

complacent

complaisant

composure

concede

conceit

concession

conciliatory

concoct

concur

condescend

conducive

confidential

confine

conflagration

conflate

confound

confrontation

congruent

conifer

conjecture

conjure

conscript

consensus

consign

console

conspicuous

conspire

consternation

contend

contentious

contingent

contrite

controversial

convoke

convoluted

corporal

corroborate

covert

covet

cower

coy

crave

craven

crease

credulity

crockery

culpable

curb

dabble

dampen

dangle

dazzle

dearth

debacle

debilitate

decorous

decorum

decree

decry

dedication

defer

deference

defiance

defiant

deft

delineate

deluge

demote

demur

denounce

denunciation

deposition

deprivation

deprive

descry

desiccate

desperate

despicable

detached

deter

devoid

diatribe

dichotomy

diffident

digress

dilettante

diligent

din

dirge

disabuse

disassemble

disburse

discomfit

discourse

discreet

discrete

disdain

disguise

disinterested

dislodge

disparate

disparity

dispassionate

dispel

disprove

disrobe

dissemble

dissent

distend

distract

distraught

divest

divulge

docile

dogmatic

doleful

dormant

drab

drawl

droll

drone

drought

dubious

dumbfound

dupe

dwarf

dwindle

ebullient

eclectic

efface

efficacious

effrontery

egalitarian

egregious

elicit

eloquence

elucidate

elusive

embellish

embrace

emissary

emollient

enchant

encomium

encroach

encumber

endeavor

endorse

enervate

engender

engrossed

enigma

enlist

ensign

enthral

entrenched

ephemeral

epistemology

epistle

epithet

epitome

equivocate

equivocation

eradicate

erratic

erudite

eschew

esoteric

espouse

espy

ethos

euphemism

euphoria

evanescent

evict

evoke

exacerbate

exculpate

exemplary

exemplify

exhort

exigent

exonerate

exorbitant

expend

expiate

explicit

exploit

extant

extempore

extensive

extent

extol

extravagant

exuberant

facetious

faddish

fallacious

fallacy

falter

fanatical

fathom

fawn

feckless

feign

felicitate

felon

fervent

fervid

fervor

feud

fickle

fidget

finicky

flamboyant

flatter

flaunt

fledgling

flimsy

flinch

flippant

flirt

flop

florid

flounder

flout

fluffy

fluke

flustered

foible

foment

foment

foolhardy

foppish

foreclosure

forestall

forge

forgery

formidable

forthright

fortuitous

foster

fracas

fraud

frenzy

fret

frivolous

frown

fulminate

furtive

gaffe

gainsay

garner

garrulous

gauche

gaudy

gavel

ghastly

gird

gist

glib

gloat

goad

gorge

gossamer

gouge

gravel

gravity

grazing

gregarious

grill

grovel

grudging

grumble

guarded

guile

guileless

gullible

hackneyed

hallucinate

hamper

hapless

harangue

harbor

herbaceous

heretic

heretical

heterodox

hoax

holster

homeopathy

hyperbole

hypocritical

iconoclast

idiosyncrasy

idolatrous

illicit

imbibe

imbue

immutable

impair

impassive

impecunious

impede

impediment

imperative

imperious

impervious

impetuous

implacable

imposture

impregnable

impromptu

improvidence

improvise

impudent

impugn

impunity

inadvertent

inauspicious

inchoate

incidence

incipient

incongruous

incorrigible

incursion

indelible

indict

indigenous

indignant

induce

indulge

ineffable

inept

inextricable

infiltrate

inflammable

infuse

ingenious

ingenuous

ingrained

inimical

iniquitous

innocuous

inopportune

inquisitive

insatiate

insensible

insignia

insinuate

insipid

insular

intact

interregnum

intransigent

intrepid

intricate

intrigue

inundate

inured

invective

invert

invigorate

invoke

irascible

irate

jamb

jeer

jeopardy

jest

jocular

jovial

judicious

lackluster

laconic

lasso

latitude

laudable

lavish

leash

leaven

lethargic

lethargy

levee

leviathan

levy

libertine

ligneous

limerick

limp

linen

literal

lizard

loafer

loll

loom

lope

loquacious

lucid

lucrative

ludicrous

lugubrious

lull

lumber

luminous

lustrous

mace

macerate

magnanimity

malapropism

malevolent

malign

malingerer

manifest

martial

martinet

maverick

meager

meddle

mediocre

mend

mendacious

mercenary

mercurial

metaphysics

meticulous

mettle

mettlesome

minuscule

mirth

misanthrope

misnomer

misogynist

mistrust

mitigate

moat

mollify

mollycoddle

molt

morose

mosaic

mundane

nadir

narcotic

nausea

nefarious

neglect

neuralgia

nocturnal

noisome

nonchalant

nondescript

nonplused

note

notion

oaf

obdurate

obeisance

obelisk

obese

obfuscate

obituary

objurgate

objurgation

oblation

obligatory

oblique

obliquity

obliterate

oblivion

obloquy

obnoxious

obscure

obsequious

obsession

obsidian

obsolete

obstetrician

obstreperous

obtrude

obtrusive

obtuse

obviate

obvious

occult

oculist

odious

odium

odoriferous

odorous

offal

offertory

officious

ogle

olfactory

oligarchy

ominous

omnipotent

omnipresent

omniscient

omnivorous

onerous

onomatopoeia

onslaught

onus

opalescent

opaque

opiate

opportune

opportunist

opprobrious

opprobrium

optician

optimum

optometrist

opulence

opus

oratorio

ordinance

orientation

orifice

orison

ornate

ornithologist

ornithology

orotund

orthography

oscillate

ossified

ostensible

ostentatious

ostracism

ostracize

outgrowth

outmoded

outset

overhaul

overt

overture

overweening

overwrought

pan

panegyric

paragon

parasite

parquetry

pathology

paucity

pebble

peccadillo

pedant

pedantry

pedestrian

peer

penchant

penury

perch

peremptory

perennial

perfidious

perfidy

perfunctory

pernicious

perpetuate

perplex

pertinent

pervade

pestilence

petition

petulance

petulant

philanthropist

phlegmatic

pillage

pine

piquant

pique

pitch

pith

placate

placid

plaintiff

plaintive

platitude

plea

plead

plethora

plod

pluck

plumb

plummet

polemic

polymath

ponderous

posit

posture

practitioner

preamble

precarious

precedence

precious

precipice

precipitate

precipitous

preclude

precursor

predilection

predisposition

preen

premise

prerogative

prescience

presume

presumption

presumptuous

prevaricate

pristine

probity

proclamation

proclivity

prodigal

prodigality

prodigious

prodigy

profligate

profound

profundity

profuse

prolong

prompt

prone

propensity

propitiate

proposition

propriety

prosaic

protracted

provocation

provocative

prudent

prune

pucker

pugnacious

pundit

pungent

pusillanimous

putrefy

quack

quaff

qualm

quarantine

quash

quenching

quibble

quiescence

quintessential

quiver

quotidian

ramification

rampant

ranger

rarefy

rash

rationale

recalcitrant

recant

recede

reciprocal

reckless

recluse

recompense

recondite

recourse

redeem

redoubtable

refractory

refurbish

reinstate

rejoicing

remorse

rescind

reticent

reverberate

rigor

rotundity

salvage

sate

saturnine

savant

scattered

sedulous

shatter

shirk

shrill

shuck

shun

shunt

simper

sinister

sip

skeptical

sketchy

skiff

slack

sloppy

slur

smother

sober

somber

sordid

specious

spell

spendthrift

spine

sporadic

spurious

squalid

squander

squelch

stake

stark

startle

steadfast

steep

stickler

stiff

stifled

stigma

stigmatize

stint

stipulate

stockade

stoop

strain

stray

striate

strive

strut

subdue

suborn

subpoena

subsequent

subside

substantial

succumb

supplant

supplicate

susceptible

sway

swift

swindle

syncopated

tacit

taciturn

tamp

tangential

tangible

tantalize

tapestry

tarnish

taut

temperate

tenable

tentative

tepid

tirade

topple

torment

torpid

torpor

tout

traitor

trample

transgress

treacherous

tremor

trenchant

trepidation

truce

truculence

turpitude

tyro

unequivocal

untenable

untoward

uphold

uproar

usurp

vacillate

vagary

vagrant

valiant

vanity

varnish

vehemence

venerable

venerate

veracious

veracity

verdant

veritable

vertigo

vex

viable

vicious

vigilance

vigor

vilify

vindicate

vindictive

vituperate

vituperative

vogue

volubility

voluptuous

voracious

vulnerable

wan

wardrobe

wary

waver

weary

welter

wheedle

whimsical

wile

withhold

zealot

zenith

zephyr