GRE Advanced Word Test

Test and Build Your Vocabulary

Looking to expand your vocabulary while testing your word skills? Our quiz is here to help you learn and grow!

How It Works

You’ll tackle 40 engaging questions.
Each question presents a word alongside four possible definitions.
Each definition is clearly labelled as n. (noun), v. (verb), or adj. (adjective), making it easier to choose the right one and learn from the process.

Submit Your Answers

Once you’ve answered all 40 questions, simply click Submit.
No pressure, there’s no time limit, so you can think through each word carefully.

Learn from Your Results

We’ll email your results directly to your inbox, giving you the chance to see where you shine and where you can improve.
Each quiz helps you build your vocabulary by introducing new words and their meanings.

This isn’t just a test, it’s a fun and interactive way to discover new words, refine your language skills, and become more confident with your vocabulary.

Are you ready to learn something new? Lets go!

redundant

adj. deep-rooted; habitual

adj. superfluous; excessively wordy

v. bear fruit

v. suppress; extinguish

random

adj. without definite purpose, plan, or aim; haphazard

v. increase

v. move faster

adj. two-chambered, as a legislative body

analgesic

n. someone who wastes money

adj. causing insensitivity to pain

n. hermit

adj. ghastly

reconcile

n. supplicatory prayer

v. correct inconsistencies; become friendly after a quarrel

adj. without feeling

v. avoid committing oneself; gain time

atrophy

n. wasting away

v. commence; go on board a boat

n. study of insects

adj. hairy

harbinger

n. forerunner

v. shorten; reduce

v. harass, annoy, torment; raid

v. issue forth

intermittent

adj. periodic; on and off

v. pardon (an offense)

adj. moved by sexual love; loving

n. precision; minute distinction

mollify

n. prototype; primitive pattern

adj. unoriginal; obtained from another source

n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans

v. soothe

cohorts

n. armed band

v. give in; surrender

n. balance; balancing force

v. approve; ratify

temporal

v. bring upon oneself

adj. keen; shrewd

v. surrender

adj. not lasting forever; limited by time

inundate

n. person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their environment

v. overflow; flood

adj. mild; fragrant

n. deification; glorification

foist

v. set free

n. imitation of another's style in musical composition or in writing

v. insert improperly; palm off

v. lessen in value

behoove

v. plunder

n. armed band

v. be suited to; be incumbent upon

v. show clearly

braggart

n. distance around something; circumference

adj. praising

v. join together, unite

n. boaster

hinterlands

adj. wild; sensational

n. back country

adj. idealistic but impractical

n. bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together

spatula

n. broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing

n. significance

n. idle person; male bee

v. deprive of a civil right

bigotry

n. stubborn intolerance

adj. sheer; transparent

n. food

v. enlarge

sectarian

adj. narrow-minded; limited in scope

adj. inconspicuous; not blatant

adj. truthful

n. questionable medicine

discombobulated

adj. pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state

n. devoutness; reverence for God

adj. confused; discomposed

ad. apart; reserved

dispel

v. make hostile; separate

adj. shining

adj. played in an abrupt manner; marked by abrupt, sharp sound

v. scatter; drive away

runic

adj. mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet

n. effort; expenditure of much physical work

v. consider; ponder

adj. requiring sitting

actuarial

n. spur; motive

n. misgivings

adj. dark; vague

adj. calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics

philatelist

v. pretend; conceal by feigning

adj. swift; momentarily brilliant

n. stamp-collector

adj. dirty; neglected

odious

n. subordinate possessions

adj. depressed; gloomy

n. wild tumult

adj. hateful

fulminate

n. person of prominence or influence

adj. superficial; not thorough

v. state without proof

v. thunder; explode

interminable

v. soothe

adj. expedient; prudent

v. arrange (laws, rules) as a code; classify

adj. endless

militant

adj. bloody

adj. regretful; sorrowful

adj. combative; bellicose

adj. having many talents; capable of working in many fields

faze

n. conceit; vanity

v. disconcert; dismay

n. savor; enjoy

adj. relating to cooking

stilted

adj. poisonous

adj. bombastic; stiffly pompous

adj. all-powerful

n. a small allowance or wage

aggregate

n. sum; total

adj. hollow

n. excess; overabundance

adj. rosy; optimistic

defeatist

adj. resigned to defeat; accepting defeat as a natural outcome

v. degrade; humiliate

adj. twisted; with a humorous twist

n. substance causing vomiting

baffle

n. learned Hindu; any learned person

v. frustrate; perplex

v. appease

v. related linguistically; allied by blood

disfigure

v. mar the appearance of; spoil

n. long, eventful journey

n. moving force; incentive

n. missile

annihilate

adj. profitable

n. use of force

adj. causing plague; baneful

v. destroy

parley

n. conference

v. endure the effects of weather or other forces

adj. indecent; obscene

v. put under a spell; carry away with emotion

recuperate

v. ostracize; banish

v. to wind or turn in its course

adj. pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state

v. recover

dawdle

adj. loud and harsh

n. mixture of writings on various subjects

v. loiter; waste time

adj. pertaining to a bishop or pope; pompous or pretentious

exacerbate

n. wrong name; incorrect designation

v. worsen; embitter

n. motion; gesture

v. pare; cut off bits

satyr

adj. naive; young and unsophisticated

n. informal discussion

n. half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus, portrayed as wanton and cunning

v. work laboriously; make slow painful progress

toga

n. pedestal; raised platform

n. fortress

adj. after death (as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death)

n. Roman outer robe

Please enter the details so we can send you the results.

Name

Email (Required)

Test and Build Your Vocabulary

How It Works

Submit Your Answers

Learn from Your Results

Interested in working together?

Navigation

Connect