What types of words should I try to learn for the GRE Verbal section?
The vocabulary incorporated into GRE Verbal questions typically includes the sort of challenging words that college and graduate students should expect to encounter in their textbooks, in scholarly journals, and in erudite works of literature. Rest assured, however, that highly technical terms and words used only in highly specialized fields, as well as non-English words and archaic words (which are no longer in use) will not appear on the exam. The test makers are careful not to provide test takers who happen to possess specialized knowledge any unfair advantage.
