GRE Word Pictures W - 5 to 10

6. wince - move back suddenly; shrink back; flinch; Ex. Shewinced as she touched the cold body



7. winnow - sift; separate the chaff from grain by blowing;separate good parts from bad;

8. winsome - charming (in a childlike way); agreeable; gracious;engaging

9. woe - great sorrow; deep inconsolable grief; affliction;suffering; Ex. financial woes

10. wont - (the stated person’s) habit or custom; habitualprocedure; ADJ. wonted: customarye.g. Biting nails is a bad wont.

GRE Word Pictures E - 1 to 5

1. earthy - unrefined; coarse; crude or off-color; of, consisting of, or resembling earth



2. ebb - recede; lessen; a period of decline or diminution; ebb tide; to fall back from the flood stage

3. ebullient - showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm; bubbling with energy

4. eccentric - bizarre; odd; departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern; deviating from a circular form or path, as in an elliptical orbit

5. ecclesiastic - pertaining to the church; a minister or priest; a cleric

GRE Word Pictures X and Y - 1 to 5

1. xenophobia - fear or hatred of foreigners; a person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples



2. yen - strong desire; longing; yearning or craving; Ex. yen for spinach

3. yeoman - an attendant, servant, or lesser official in a royal or noble household; an assistant or other subordinate, as of a sheriff; a farmer who cultivates his own land

4. yokel - rustic; country bumpkin; country man

5. zany - comic; crazy; N: clown; comical person (given tooutlandish behavior)

GRE Words Pictures H - 1 to 5

1. hackles - The erectile hairs along the back of the neck of an animal, especially of a dog; Ex.make someone’s hackles rise



2. haggard - appearing worn and exhausted; wasted away; gaunt; Ex. haggard faces of the rescued miners

3. haggle - to bargain, as over the price of something; to argue in an attempt to come to terms

4. halcyon - calm; peaceful; tranquil; Ex. halcyon days

5. hale - Free from infirmity or illness; sound; healthy

GRE Word Pictures M - 1 to 5

1. mace - a heavy medieval war club with a spiked or flanged metal head, used to crush armor; a ceremonial staff borne or displayed as the symbol of authority



2. macerate - to make soft by soaking in a liquid; to separate into constituents by soaking

3. machiavellian - a cunning, amoral, and opportunist person; crafty; double-dealing; of the political doctrine of Machiavelli, which holds that craft and deceit are justified in pursuing political power

4. machinations - evil schemes or plots; schemes or plots to achieve an evil end; V. machinate

5. maculated - spotted; stained

GRE Word Pictures K - 1 to 5

1. kaleidoscope - tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass, etc. produce interesting symmetrical effects; series of changing events;Ex. kaleidoscope of European history; CF. beautiful



2. kernel - central or vital part; core; The inner, usually edible seed of a nut or fruit stone

3. killjoy - grouch; spoilsport; one who intentionally spoils the pleasure of others; grouch;bad-tempered; person who keeps complaining; V: complain; grumble

4. kindle - start a fire; ignite; inspire; arouse

5. kindred - related; belonging to the same group; similar innature or character; Ex. kindred languages; N: relative; kin; kinship

GRE Word Pictures R - 1 to 5

1. rabid - of or suffering rabies; like a fanatic; -extremely zealous; furious; CF. rabies: cdhydrophobia



2. raconteur - story-teller; one who tells stories with wit and skill; a person skilled in telling stories

3. ragamuffin - dirty child in torn clothes; person wearing tattered clothes

4. rail - complain bitterly; scold; rant; to express objections or criticisms in bitter, harsh, or abusive languageEx. the weaker railing against injustices

5. raiment - clothing; garments; Ex. I have no raiment fit to wear.

GRE Word Pictures V - 1 to 5

1. vacillate - waver (in opinion); fluctuate; sway to and fro; to swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to anotherN. vacillation



2. vacuous - empty; lacking in ideas; inane; stupid; lacking intelligence. Ex. vacuous expression; N. vacuity



3. vagabond - wanderer (without a permanent home); tramp; a person without a permanent home who moves from place to place; nomadic



4. vagary - capricious happening; caprice; an extravagant or erratic notion or action



5. vainglorious - boastful; excessively conceited; N. vainglory: characterized by or exhibiting excessive vanity

GRE Word Pictures P - 1 to 5

1. pachyderm - any of various large, thick-skinned, hoofed mammals such as the elephant, rhinoceros, or hippopotamus.

2. pacifist - opposition to war or violence as a means of resolving disputes; one opposed to force; antimilitarist; the belief that disputes between nations should and can be settled peacefully

3. paean - song of praise or joy; a fervent expression of joy or praise; Ex. paeans celebrating thevictory

4. painstaking - taking pains; showing hard work; taking great care; very careful and through

5. palatable - pleasing to the taste; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten; acceptable or agreeable to mind and taste

GRE Word Pictures O - 1 to 5

1. oaf - A person regarded as stupid or clumsy

2. obdurate - stubborn; refusing to change one’s belief; hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; stubbornly impenitent

3. obeisance - a gesture or movement of the body, such as a curtsy, that expresses deference or homage; an attitude of deference or homage

4. obelisk - a tall, four-sided shaft of stone, usually tapered and monolithic, that rises to a pointed pyramidal top

5. obfuscate - confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex; make so confused as to be difficult to understand