THE HIGH FREQUENCY LIST  

                       Prepare for the GRE while you surf!!!

Study while you surf!! Here is a compilation of 20 high frequency words that you can mug up as you surf the net. Sounds good doesn't it??

This page will be updated every week. We promise to prepare you for the verbal section of the GRE for March 2000.

  1. Zealot:   Fanatic, person who shows excessive zeal
  2. Zany:      crazy, comic
  3. yore:       Time past
  4. Yokel:     Country bumpkin
  5. Yoke:      Joint together
  6. Yen:        Urge, Longing
  7. Xenophobia: fear or hatred for foreigners
  8. Wry:           with a humorous twist
  9. Writhe:      twist in coils, contort in pain
  10. Wrangle:   Quarrel, obtain through argument
  11. Wrench:    Pull, Strain, Twist
  12. Wont:        Custom, habitual procedure
  13. Wizened:   Withered, shriveled
  14. Wistful:     vaguely longing
  15. Wispy:       Thin, slight
  16. Winsome:  Agreeable, gracious
  17. Winnow:   sift, separate good parts from bad
  18. Windfall:   Fallen fruit, unexpectedly lucky
  19. Whimsical: Capricious, fanciful
  20. Whet:       sharpen, stimulate
  21. Wheedle: cajole, coax, deceive by flattery
  22. Welter: Wallow, At the height of the battle, turmoil
  23. Welt: Mark from a beating or whipping
  24. Waylay: ambush , lie in wait
  25. Wanton: unrestrained, willfully malicious, unchaste

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