GRE Words (W-Z)
Across
- 2. / to gradually decrease in size or intensity
- 3. / to take away by force
- 4. / tricky; sly
- 6. / fear of foreigners or strangers
- 7. / to handle a tool; to exercise control over others
- 8. / great enthusiasm
- 10. / an intense desire; a longing
- 11. / pleasing; charming
- 13. / pale; weak; tired
- 15. / everyday; ordinary
- 17. / a gentle, mild breeze
- 18. / to manipulate; to obtain by scheming or by underhand methods
- 21. / withered; shriveled
- 22. / a ghost; an apparition
- 23. / ferocious
- 24. / to grow in size or intensity
- 25. / to quarrel
- 26. / cautious; watchful
- 27. / contrary; stubborn
- 28. / to sing melodiously
- 29. / to shrink, as in pain, fear, etc.; to flinch
- 30. / in spite of all; nevertheless
- 31. / a homeless person
- 33. / angry
- 34. / to utmost importance
Down
- 1. / hearty enjoyment
- 2. / accustomed (adjective)
- 3. / to give up (a right)
- 5. / unpredictable; changeable
- 6. / pertaining to wood
- 7. / to direct one’s way
- 8. / the highest point
- 9. / comical; clownishly crazy
- 12. / sorrow; grief
- 14. / to sway; to be uncertain
- 15. / unexpected good fortune
- 16. / reckless; immoral
- 17. / a fanatic
- 19. / to twist; to pull
- 20. / a spendthrift; one who wastes
- 24. / produced by distorting the face; ironic
- 25. / produced or shaped
- 26. / to stimulate; to make sharp
- 27. / to coax or to persuade
- 28. / to indulge oneself; to roll around in
- 29. / anger; rage
- 32. / to join together; to link
- 34. / to bend out of shape; to pervert