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