Letter ‘V’

High Frequency GRE Words

1. Vacillate (v) – To waver

2. Vacuous (adj.) – Empty
3. Vagrant (n) – An idle wanderer
4. Vainglory {n) – Excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative vanity
5. Valediction (n) -A bidding farewell
6. Valorous (adj.) – Courageous
7. Vapid (adj.) – Having lost sparkling quality and flavor
8. Vassal (n) – A slave or bondman
9. Vaudeville (n) – A variety show
10. Venal (adj.) – Mercenary, corrupt
11. Veneer {n) – Outside show or elegance
12. Venerable {adj.) – Meriting or commanding high esteem
13. Veracity (n) – Truthfulness
14. Verbatim (adv.) – Word for word
15. Verbiage (n) – Use of many words without necessity
16. Verbose (adj.) – Wordy
17. Verily (adv.)-In truth
18. Vicarious (adj.) – Suffered or done in place of or for the sake of another
19. Vicissitude (n) – A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune
20. Vie (v) – To contend
21. Vincible (adj.) – Conquerable
22. Virulent (adj.) – Exceedingly noxious or deleterious
23. Vivify (v) – To endue with life
24. Vociferation (n) – The quality of making a clamor
25. Votary (adj.) – Consecrated by a vow or promise
26. Votive (adj.) – Dedicated by a vow

A collection of some tough GRE words

1. Verve – lively and forceful

2. Vivacious – lively, exciting,
3. Voluptuous – attractive; pleasant
4. Venomous – bitter, angry; poisonous
5. Vagary – unexpected change
6. Vapid-dull, uninteresting
7. Vegetative – unable to know, think, speak or
Improve
8. Veiled – disguised
9. Vindictive – upsetting, troublesome
10. Virulent – extremely bitter, hostile, dangerous
11. Vitriolic – bitter, painful, distressing
12. Vituperative – insulting, hateful
13. Vaunted – undeserved
14. Verisimilitude – quality of looking true, real
15. Veritable – rightly named, real
16. Vestigial – more important
17. Vintage – best, most typical
18. Virile – very strong, forceful
19. Vanguard – involved
20. Vanquish – defeat completely
21. Veer-move in a direction
22. Vehement- very strong feeling, opinion
23. Vertiginous – very high, steep
24. Volition – power to take decision

Letter ‘U’

High Frequency GRE Words

1. Ubiquitous (adj.) – Being present everywhere

2. Umbrage (n) – A sense of injury
3. Unbridled (adj.) – Being without restraint.
4. Unconscionable (adj.) – Ridiculously or unjustly excessive
5. Univalence (n) – Monovalency
6. Unyoke (v) – To separate
7. Urbanity (n) – Refined or elegant courtesy
8. Usurious (adj.) – Taking unlawful or exorbitant interest on money loaned
A collection of some tough GRE words

1. Ultramarine – bright looking

2. Uncluttered – simple
3. Untrammeled – unrestricted, free
4. Unbecoming – unattractive; unsuitable
5. Uncanny – unnatural strange
6. Uncouth – rude, noisy, unpleasant
7. Unfathomable- very strange or complicated
8. Unhinged – wild and uncontrollable
9. Unsavory- unpleasant, unacceptable
10. Unscrupulous – dishonest, immoral
11. Untoward – unfortunate, unexpected
12. Upheaval – trouble, confusion
13. Uproarious – noisy
14. Umbrage – offend
15. Unpalatable – unpleasant
16. Ubiquitous – omnipresent
17. Unassailable – undisturbed, not easily
destroyable
18. Uncorroborated – lack of information,
evidence
19. Unglued – separated and attached
20. Unheralded – unrecognized
21. Unobtrusive – not easily noticed
22. Unruffled- unaffected
23. Unscathed – unaffected, not injured or
harmed
24. Unsullied – unspoiled
25. Unbridled- uncontrolled
26. Unctuous – insincere
27. Unrelenting – continuous
28. Unwieldy- immovable
29. Upend- turn upside down