Vocabulary make easy
Here is a list of GRE words having secondary meaning.
| Word | Popular meaning | Secondary meaning |
| Affected | Influenced | Artificial Pretend Assume in order to impress |
| Amazon | | Female warrior |
| Angular | Sharp cornered | Stiff in manner |
| Caustic | Burning | Sarcastically biting |
| Cataract | Eye abnormality | Waterfall |
| Cipher | Non entity Worthless person | Secret code |
| Chisel | Wedge like tool for cutting Cut with a chisel | Swindle or cheat |
| Conservatory | A place of conservation | |
| Gadfly | Animal biting fly | An irritating person |
| Hermetic | Sealed by fusion so as to be airtight | Obscure and mysterious Occult |
| Husband | Married man | Use sparingly Conserve Save |
| Import | To get commodities from abroad | Significance |
| Incense | Smoke from Sweet smelling Aromatic substance | Enrage Infuriate |
| List | Name of persons or things written in order | Tilt Lean over |
| Mannered | Having manners | Affected Not natural |
| Low | Not far above the ground | Mow |
| Peon | Messenger of an office/bond servant | Landless agriculture Labor |
| Pore | Tiny opening | Study industriously Ponder Scrutinize |
| Sap | Vital plant juice | Diminish Undermine |
| Scurvy | Disease of gum caused by vitamin C deficiency | Despicable Contemptible |
| Singular | Indicating one person | Unique Odd Extraordinary |
| Taper | Become progressively narrower | Candle |
| Wax | Secretion of plant / animal | Increase Grow |

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