Princeton GRE Word List

Princeton GRE Word List
abate
accolade
alacrity
amalgamate
ambiguous
ambivalent
ameliorate
amenable
anachronism
approbation
ascetic
assiduous
assuage
astringent
austere
avarice
avatar
aver
aversion
avid
avow
awry
axiom
bacchanalian
baleful
baneful
barrage
barren
bedizen
belabor
belie
bellicose
belligerent
benediction
benevolence
bequest
berate
bereft
beset
bilge
binge
blandishment
blithe
boorish
brazen
broach
brook
bucolic
burgeon
burnish
cabal
cacophony
cadence
cadge
cajole
calcify
calipers
callow
calumny
cannon
cant
capitulate
capricious
captious
caret
carousal
castigate
cathartic
caucus
caustic
censure
centurion
chagrin
chary
chastened
chastisement
chicanery
choleric
chronicles
churl
clamor
cloture
cloy
coagulation
coalescing
coda
coddle
codicil
coeval
cogent
cogitate
cognizant
colander
collusion
commensurate
commingle
commodious
compendium
complacent
complaisance
compunction
conceit
concord
confluence
confound
congeal
congenial
congenital
conjoin
consternation
consummate
contemn
contentious
contiguous
continence
contrite
contumacious
conundrum
convivial
convoke
convoluted
cornucopia
corporeal
corroborate / -tion
coruscate
countenance
countervail
covetous
cower
coy
crass
cravat
craven
culpable
curmudgeon
cursory
dainty
dawdler
dearth
debacle
debilitate
decimate
decorum
decrepitude
decry
defer
deference
delineate
deluge
demagogue
demur
denigrate
denouement
deposition
deprave
deprecate
dereliction
derision
descry
desiccate
desuetude
desultory
detraction
detumescence
diaphanous
diatribe
dichotomy
didactic
diffidence
digression
dilapidate
dilate
dilatory
dilettante
dirge
disabuse
discern
discomfit
disconcert
disconsolate
discordant
discountenance
discourse
discreet
discrepancy
disdain
disencumber
disheveled
disingenuous
disinter
disparage
disparate
disproof
disquisition
dissemble
disseminate
dissent
dissimulate
dissolute
distend
divest
divestiture
divulge
doggerel
dolt
dote
dour
drawl
droll
drone
dulcet
duress
ebullient
eclectic
ecumenical
edacious
effete
efficacy
effluvia
effrontery
egress
elegy
emaciate
emancipate
embellish
emolient
emote
emulate
encapsulate
encomium
encumbrance
endearing
endemic
enervate
engender
ennui
ensign
entangle
enthral
entreat
enunciate
ephemeral
epicurean
epigram
epilogue
epistle
epithet
epitome
equable
equanimity
equipoise
equivocal
erudite
escapade
eschew
esoteric
espouse
evanescent
evince
exacerbate
exacting
excoriate
exhort
exigent
expatiate
expedient
expiation
expostulate
expurgate
exscind
extant
extempore
extenuate
extirpate
extol
extralegal
extricable
extrovert
exuberance
facetious
fallacious
farcical
fatuous
fawn
fealty
feckless
fecund
feign
feint
felicitous
felon
ferment
ferocity
ferret
fervid / vent
fervor
fetid
fetter
fidelity
figurehead
filibuster
flag
flak
fledge / -ed
fledgling
fleeting
flinch
flout
foible
foment
foppish
forage
forbear
ford
forestall
forswear
fortuitous
fractious
fritter
froward
fulgent
fulmination
fulsome
furtive
gaffe
gainsay
gamut
garble
garish
garner
garrulous
gaucherie
germane
gesticulate
gird
glean
glib
gloat
glut
gnaw
goad
gossamer
gouge
grandiloquent
gratuitous
gregarious
gristle
grouse
grovel
hack
hackneyed
halcyon
hallow
hapless
harangue
harbinger
harrow
hedonism
hegemony
hermetic
hew
highbrow
hirsute
histrionic
hoi polloi
holster
homiletics
hone
hoodwink
hubris
husk
hyperbole
iconoclast
idiosyncrasy
idiosyncrasy
idyll
ignoble
ignominious
imbroglio
immutable
impecunious
impede
impediment
imperious
impetuous
impiety
implicate
importune
imprecate
impromptu
impudent
impugn
impunity
impute
inadvertent
inane
inasmuch
incarcerate
inchoate
incipient
incise
incumbent
incursion
indefatigability
indelible
indigent / -nce
indolent / -nce
indomitable
inebriety
ineffable
ineluctable
inept / ineptitude
inexorable
infelicitous
infuse
inimical
inimitable
innocuous
insalubrious
insignia
insipid
insolvent
insouciant
instantiate
insularity
intemperence
interdict
intermittent
intersperse
intractable
intransigent
intrepid
inundate
inured
invective
inveigh
inveigle
inveterate
involute
irascible
ire
irksome
irresolute
irrevocable
itinerate
jaded
jeremiad
jingoism
jocular
juxtapose
labyrinth
lachrymose
laconic
laconic
lament
languish
lassitude
latent
lechery
lethargic
levee
levity
libel
libertine
lien
limn
lint
lionize
lithe
loll
lope
loquacious
lucubrate
luculent
lugubrious
lumber
macabre
macerate
machination
magnanimity
magnate
maladroit
malaise
malapropism
malevolence
malinger
manacle
mandate
manumit
martinet
matriculation
maudlin
maul
maverick
mawkish
mellifluous
mendacity
mendicant
mercurial
meretricious
mesmerize
mettle / -some
middling
militate
minatory
mince
misanthrope
misdemeanor
misogynist
mitigate
mollify
molt
monolithic
morbid
mordant
motility
muffler
multifarious
munificence
nadir
natty
nebulous
nefarious
neologism
neophyte
nepotism
nexus
nibble
nihilism
noisome
non sequitur
nonchalant
nondescript
nonplused
nostrum
noxious
nuance
nugatory
obdurate
obeisance
obfuscate
obloquy
obsequious
obstreperous
obtain
obtrusive
obtuse
obviate
occluded
odium / odius
officious
ominous
omnipotent
omniscient
onerous
opprobrious
ossify
ostensible
ostentatious
ostracism
overweening
paean
palate
palliate
palpability
palpitate
paltry
panegyric
panorama
paradigm
paragon
pariah
parochial
parsimonious
partisan
paucity
peccadillo
pecuniary
pedagogy
pedantic
pediment
pellucid
penchant
penitent
penury / -urious
peregrination
peremptory
perfidy / -fidious
perfunctory
peripatetic
perjury
pernicious
persiflage
personable
perspicacious
perspicuous / -uity
pertinent
peruse
pervade / -vasive
petrified
petrify
petrous
petulant
philanthropy
philistine
phlegmatic
picaresque
pied
pillory
pine
pious
piquant
pique
pith
pivotal
plaintive
plaque
platitude
plebeian
plethora
pliant
plod
plumb
poignant
polemical
poncho
ponderous
portent
prattle
preamble
precarious
precepts
precipitate
precipitate / -tous
preclude
precocious
precursory
predilection
preen
preponderance
presage
prescient / -nce
presumption
preternatural
prevaricate
prim
pristine
probity
proclivity
procrastination
prodigious
profane
profligate / gacy
proliferate
prolific
prolix
propensity
propinquity
propitiate / -tory
propitious
proscribe
proselytize
protracted
protuberance
provident
provisional
prudence
prudish
prune
prurient
pucker
pugnacious
puissance
punctilious
pundit
pungency
purvey
pusillanimous
putrefy / -faction
quaff
quail
qualm
quandary
quell
querulous
quibble
quiescent / -ence
quintessence
quintessence
quirk
quixotic
quotidian
rabble
raconteur
raffish
ramify
rampant
rancorous
rant
rapacious
rarefy
raucus
rave
reactionary
rebuff
recalcitrant
recant
recast
recidivism
recitals
recluse
recompense
recondite
recreancy
recumbent
redoubtable
refractory
refulgent
regale
regicide
rejuvenation
relapse
relegate
relinquish
remonstrate
render
renegade
renege
repast
repine
reproach
reprobate
reprove
repudiate
requite
rescind / -cission
resigned
respite
restive
resuscitation
retard
reticent
revere / reverent
rhetoric
ribald
rift
risible
rotund
rubric
rumple
rustic
saccharine
sacrilege
sagacious / -city
salacious
salubrious
salutary
sanctimonious
sanguine
satiate
satire
saturnine
saucy
savant
scabbard
scorch
scurrilous
scurvy
sedulous
seminal
sententious
sequester
sere
serendipity
sermon
serrated
servile
shard
sheath
shunt
sidestep
simper
sinuous
skiff
skit
slack
slake
sluggard
slur
smolder
snare
snub
sodden
solicitous
solvent
somatic
sophistry
sophomore / -ric
soporific
sordid
specious
spendthrift
splenetic
splice
spoliation
sponge
spurn
squalor / lid
squander
squat
stanch
statute
stentorian
stickler
stigmatize
stint
stipple
stodgy
stoic
stolid
striated
strut
stupefy
stygian
stymie
subdue
sublime
suborn
subpoena
subsume
subtle
succinct
succor
sullied
sumptuous
sundry
supercilious
superfluous
supine
supplant
suppliant
supplicate
surcharge
surfeit
surreptitious
suture
sycophant
tacit / taciturn
talon
tamp
tangential
tarnished
taunt
taut
tautology
tawdry
teetotal
temerity
temperance
tenacity
tenuous
tepid
terse
testiness
thrift
thwart
timorous
tirade
tithe
toady
toil
torpid / torpor
tortuous
tout
tractable
transient
transitory
travesty
trenchant
trifling
trite
truculence
trudge
turbid
turgid
turpitude
tutelary
tyro
ubiquitous
unfeigned
untenable
urbane
vacillate
variagated
veracity
victuals
vilify
vituperate
voracious
zealous







This is not enough. You need to go for more words .
is it enough to read this word list for the gre exam to score good
Hi all,
you can use google Chrome browser with google dictionary extension. Then double clicking on any word will show the meaning. Internet connectivity is required here.
Hi Sumedh,
Thanks a lot for word of encouragement, We will try to add meaning asap. Meantime you can take the help of any online dictionary or http://www.greword.com/index.php/barrons-gre-word-list/
great but should have been with meanings.