Words for the GRE
2,388 GRE vocabulary words
Words for the GRE, from published GRE word lists and the Academic Word List.
Page 22 of 24: spartan to synoptic
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- spartan
- specifically
- specification
- specified
- specify
- specious
- spectrum
- speculate
- spendthrift
- sphere
- sporadic
- spurious
- spurn
- squander
- squash
- squelch
- stabilise
- stabilised
- stabilising
- stability
- stabilize
- stabilized
- stabilizing
- stable
- stagnant
- staid
- stalwart
- standing
- static
- statistic
- statistical
- statistically
- statistics
- status
- statute
- staunch
- steadfast
- stem
- stereotype
- sterile
- stigma
- stipulate
- stolid
- straightforward
- stratagem
- strategy
- stress
- stressed
- stringent
- structural
- structured
- strut
- styling
- subjective
- submit
- subordinate
- subpoena
- subsequent
- subsequently
- subside
- substantial
- substantiate
- substantive
- substitute
- substituting
- substitution
- subsume
- subterfuge
- subtle
- subversive
- succeeding
- successive
- sufficient
- sufficiently
- summarise
- summarize
- supercilious
- superficial
- superfluous
- supplant
- supplement
- supplicate
- suppress
- surfeit
- surge
- surly
- surpass
- surreptitious
- surveying
- survival
- surviving
- suspect
- suspend
- suspended
- sustain
- sustained
- sybarite
- sycophant
- symbolic
- synoptic
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