GRE Word list 22
Terms
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- gouge
- tear out; overcharge
- gourmand
- epicure; person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink
- gourmet
- connoisser of food and drink
- graduated
- arranged by degrees (of height, difficulty, etc.)
- granary
- storehouse for grain
- grandeur
- impressiveness; stateliness; majesty
- grandiloquent
- pompous; high-flown, ridiculously exaggerated; impressive
- grandiose
- pretentious; high-flown; ridculously exaggerated; impressive
- granulate
- grom into grains
- graphic
- pertaining to the art of delineating; vividly described
- grapple
- wrestle; come to grips with
- grate
- make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred
- gratify
- please
- gratis
- free
- gratuitious
- given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for
- gratuity
- tip
- gravity
- seriousness
- gregarious
- sociable
- greivance
- cause of complaint
- grill
- quiestion severely
- grimace
- a facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust, etc.
- grisly
- ghastly
- grotesque
- fantastic; comically hideous
- grotto
- small cavern
- grouse
- complain, fuss
- grovel
- crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate
- grudging
- unwilling; reluctant; stingy
- gruel
- tin, liquid porridge
- grueling
- exhausting
- gruesome
- grisly; horrible
- gruff
- rough-mannered
- guffaw
- boisterous laughter
- guile
- deceit; duplicity; wiliness; cunning
- guileless
- without deceit
- guise
- appearance; costume
- gull
- trick; hoodwink
- gullible
- easily deceived
- gustatory
- affecting the sense of taste
- gusto
- enjoyment; enthusiasm
- gusty
- windy
- guy
- cable or chain attached to something that need to be b raced or steadied
- gyroscope
- apparatus used to maintain balance, ascertain direction, etc.
- habituate
- accustom or familiarize; addict
- hackles
- hairs on back and neck, especially of a dog
- hackneyed
- commonplace; trite
- haggard
- wasted away; gaunt
- haggle
- argue about prices
- halcyon
- calm; peaceful
- hale
- healthy
- hallowed
- blessed; consecrated
- hallucination
- delusion
- halting
- hesitant; faltering
- hamper
- obstruct
- hap
- chance, luck
- haphazard
- random; by chance
- hapless
- unfortunate
- harangue
- long, passionate, and vehement speech
- harrass
- annoy by repeated attackes
- harbinger
- forerunner
- harbor
- provide a refuge for; hide
- hardy
- sturdy; robust; able to stand inclement weather
- harping
- tiresome dwelling on a subject
- harrowing
- agonizing; distressing; traumatic
- harry
- harass
- hatch
- deck opening; lid covering a deck opening
- haughtiness
- pride; arrogance
- haven
- place of safety; refuge
- hazardous
- dangerous
- hazy
- slightly obscure
- headlong
- hasty; rash
- headstrong
- stubborn; willfull unyielding
- heckler
- person who verbally harasses others
- hedonist
- one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life
- heedless
- not noticing; disregarding
- hegemony
- dominance; especially of one nation over others
- heinous
- atrocious; hatefuly bad
- herbivorous
- grain-eating
- heresy
- opinoin contray to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
- hermatic
- sealed by fusion so as to be airtight; obscure and mysterious; occult
- hermitage
- home of a hermit
- herpetologist
- one who studies reptiles
- heterodox
- unorthodox; uncoventional
- heterogeneous
- dissimilar; mixed
- hew
- cut to pieces with ax or sword
- heyday
- tmie of greatest success; prime
- hiatus
- gap; pause