GRE Vocab - All Nouns
Across
- 3. (noun) Passion, excitement.
- 8. (noun) Someone who shows off learning.
- 12. (noun) Excessive showiness.
- 13. (noun) Deviation from what is normal.
- 15. (noun) Harsh, jarring noise.
- 18. (noun) Effective writing or speaking.
- 21. (noun) Steadily increasing volume of force.
- 23. (noun) Charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness.
- 25. (noun) A mark of shame or discredit.
- 26. (noun) Lack of variation.
- 28. (noun) A tendency to be thrifty or cheap.
- 30. (noun) Excess.
- 31. (noun) Speech in praise of someone.
- 33. (noun) Extreme mental and physical sluggishness.
- 34. (noun) A sorrowful poem or speech.
- 35. (noun) Long, harsh, speech or verbal attack.
- 37. (noun) Effectiveness.
- 39. (noun) Filled with truth and accuracy.
- 41. (noun) Deceit or trickery.
- 42. (noun) Intense and passionate feeling.
- 43. (noun) An extremely deep hole.
Down
- 1. (noun) Someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic.
- 2. (noun) Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one.
- 4. (noun) Extreme dislike.
- 5. (noun) A harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds.
- 6. (noun) Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety.
- 7. (noun) A salutation wishing good health to a person; a revelry which includes merriment and drinking.
- 9. (noun) Someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs.
- 10. (noun) A person who dislikes others.
- 11. (noun) Lack of interest or emotion.
- 14. (noun) A contradiction or dilemma.
- 16. (noun) Deception by means of craft or guile.
- 17. (noun) Public disgrace.
- 19. (noun) Respect; courtesy.
- 20. (noun) A puzzle; a mystery.
- 22. (noun) Something that brings about a change in something else.
- 23. (noun) Correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs.
- 24. (noun) One who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions.
- 27. (noun) An abusive, condemnatory speech.
- 29. (noun) Great disorder or confusion.
- 30. (noun) Wisdom, caution, or restraint.
- 32. (noun) A figure of speech comparing two different things; a symbol.
- 36. (noun) A funeral hymn or mournful speech.
- 38. (noun) Model of excellence or perfection.
- 40. (noun) A firmly held opinion, often a religious belief.