GRE Easy Vocabulary Words, Randomly Selected

Here is a batch of randomly-selected easy GRE Vocabulary Words*. To see another list of easy words, refresh this page. Use these words to help you prepare for the verbal section of the GRE. You'll want to make sure that you know the majority of the easy words that most often appear on the GRE, because you'll have to get the easy questions right so that you can be given harder questions, and so that you can score high on the verbal section of the exam. Your success on the analogy and antonym questions is most dependent on the size of your vocabulary -- the more words that you know, the higher your score.

However, as with all GRE vocabulary lists, memorizing words is not the best way to learn new words; to do that, you should read extensively. And, use MyGRETutor's vocabulary tutor to keep track of the words that you have mastered, and to brush up on those words that you have not.

WordPart of Speech  Definition

brawn nMuscular strength; sturdiness; muscular power.
partition vTo divide into parts; to separate into distinct entities.
morgue nA place where bodies are kept before burial or cremation.
inanimate adjLifeless; not animate; still and not moving.
regal adjRoyal; imperial; of or related to somebody of extreme wealth and noble stature.
drowsiness nA feeling of sleepiness or disorientation.
polarize vTo split into opposite extremes; to separate into distinct camps.
outlandish adjVery odd; extremely peculiar; strange and unconventional.
barterer nA trader; a person skilled in exchanging goods.
address vTo speak to; to focus ones attention on; to deal with and to contemplate.
grudge nA deep feeling of resentment or dislike.
pragmatist nA practical person; somebody who is not an idealist.
lettered adjEducated; learned; literate, experienced.
stanza nA specific division of a poem, comprised of usually more than a few lines.
diva nA opera singer; a prima Donna; an idol.
narcotic nA drug that decreases the reception of pain; a drug that induces sleep or a state of lethargy.
dehumanize vTo remove the human qualities from; to make animal-like; to portray as brutal, barbaric, or wholly insensitive.
epic nA heroic poem or novel detailing and celebrating the feats of a hero; grand; magnificent.
holster nA leather sheath or case for a pistol or revolver.
fraudulent adjCheating; illegal; deceitful.

*We determine the difficulty of a word by keeping track of how many people get it right on the vocabulary tutor section of MyGRETutor. Easy words are those words whose definition, on average, is selected by at least 80% of users. Medium words are those words whose definition is, on average, correctly selected between 50 and 80 percent of the time, and difficult words are those words whose definition is correctly selected less than 50% of the time.