GRE Vocabulary 2020
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GRE Vocabulary 2020
This hot words list for GRE test takers is weekly selected from mainstream English media based on popular topics of 2020. It's an express supplement to prepare GRE test.
You can get example sentences and contexts to bind more words together with popular topics. It's a proven way to accumulate new words accurately.
We also include previous GRE vocabulary 2019-2018 in this page and add links of sentences and contexts from classic books for further reading.
If any GRE test-takers is going to kick off building vocabulary, we also recommend below 3 GRE lists as start point.
You can get example sentences and contexts to bind more words together with popular topics. It's a proven way to accumulate new words accurately.
We also include previous GRE vocabulary 2019-2018 in this page and add links of sentences and contexts from classic books for further reading.
If any GRE test-takers is going to kick off building vocabulary, we also recommend below 3 GRE lists as start point.
Recent Added GRE Words:
mortuary n. a place in which dead bodies are kept until burial 
spook v. frighten; unnerve
accordance n. following or obeying a rule, law, wish
pandemic n. a disease prevalent over a whole country or the world
kick v. run at a faster speed during the last part of a race
clog v. block or become blocked with an accumulation of thick, wet matter
excruciate v. torment someone physically or mentally
shortfall n. a deficit of something required or expected
stark a. severe or bare in appearance or outline
epidemic n. a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease
spook v. frighten; unnerve
accordance n. following or obeying a rule, law, wish
pandemic n. a disease prevalent over a whole country or the world
kick v. run at a faster speed during the last part of a race
clog v. block or become blocked with an accumulation of thick, wet matter
excruciate v. torment someone physically or mentally
shortfall n. a deficit of something required or expected
stark a. severe or bare in appearance or outline
epidemic n. a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease
accordance 
n. following or obeying a rule, law, wish
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v. block or become blocked with an accumulation of thick, wet matter
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a. any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped
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n. appointment of friends and associates to positions of authority, without proper regard to their qualifications
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a. (of a tree or shrub) shedding its leaves annually
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v. diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength
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n. the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
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n. a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease
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n. a person who seeks to convert others to the Christian faith, especially by public preaching
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v. torment someone physically or mentally
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v. access to somewhere surreptitiously and gradually, especially to acquire secret information
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n. the action of intervening on behalf of another
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v. run at a faster speed during the last part of a race
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v. shoot (someone) in the knee or leg as a form of punishment
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n. practical knowledge or skill; expertise
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n. a thing of a type that is larger than normal, in particular
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n. someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
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n. a place in which dead bodies are kept until burial
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n. any artistic work, especially one on a large scale
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a. extremely careful and correct, and involving a lot of effort
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n. a disease prevalent over a whole country or the world
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n. a medical examination of a dead person's body in order to find out the cause of death
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a. surpassing all others; very distinguished in some way
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v. isolate or hide away (someone or something)
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n. a deficit of something required or expected
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v. draw off or convey liquid by means of a long and small tube
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n. a colored patch or dirty mark that is difficult to remove
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a. relating to the layer of the earth's atmosphere extending to about 50 km above the earth's surface
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n. the flat area on either side of the forehead
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n. atmosphere of a place as communicated to and felt by others
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abound
adorn
adversity
afflict
after hours
after normal working or opening hours, typically those of bars and nightclubs
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amble
annex
aquifer
back-alley
barista
barrack
barren
bawdy
bayonet
a swordlike stabbing blade that may be fixed to a rifle for use in hand-to-hand fighting
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bead
benighted
in a state of intellectual or moral ignorance, typically owing to a lack of opportunity
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bite the dust
blare
blob
bloodless
blossom
Bodhisattva
bonnet
boon
brag
breathtaking
brutalist
characterized by a deliberate plainness, crudity, or violence of imagery, especially in style of architecture or art
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brutality
catastrophic
categorically
cellulose
the main constituent of plant cell walls and of vegetable fibers such as cotton
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chaos
choke
clamber
clinch
clog
comeback
a return by a well-known person to the activity he or she has formerly been successful
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conglomerate
a number of different things or parts that are put or grouped together to form a whole but remain distinct entities
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conscious
contraption
a device that appears strange or unnecessarily complicated, and often badly made
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coo
corpse
corruption
dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery
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count towards
coup
credible
crimp
cringe-worthy
crook
crumple
cuddle
damning
dangle
daze
deficiency
deform
deride
desalination
despise
despotic
destine
devolution
dominant
doorstop book
drain
droll
dwindle
eerie
enlist
entice
ethos
famine
faulty
fiddle
first go
flinch
make a quick, nervous movement of the face or body as an instinctive reaction to surprise, fear or pain
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flog
foment
formidable
foul
an unfair stroke of play, especially one involving interference with opponent
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frantic
fraternity
full-on
furlough
galvanise
garb
geek
gel
gentrification
the process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste
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glamorous
Gordian knot
gown
grind on
gubernatorial
gulag
a system of labor camps in the Soviet Union from 1930 to 1955 in which many people died
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gyrate
gyration
hard-core
haze
heed
helm
herald
heretic
heron
homeroom
a classroom in which a group of students assembles daily with the same teacher
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homily
a religious discourse that is intended primarily for spiritual edification, sermon
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homosexual
hone
horizon
idiosyncrasy
ilk
illusion
imminent
impose
impunity
exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action
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in chaos
in full swing
incumbent
indigenous
infest
infidel
a person who does not believe in religion or who adheres to a religion other than one's own
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infuse
ingest
ingrained
inimitably
inmate
insecure
insuperable
intently
intimidate
irrefutably
jurisprudence
lacklustre
lance corporal
languid
lavish
lead-up
ledger
legion
a unit of 3,000–6,000 men in the ancient Roman army; a vast number of people or things
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lest
levy
lignin
a complex substance deposited in the cell walls of plants, making plants rigid
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loophole
lose shirt
magistrate
malaise
a general feeling of discomfort or illness whose cause is difficult to identify
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manifesto
matrix
an environment or material in which something develops; a surrounding medium or structure
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maven
misdemeanor
momentum
money-grubbing
munch
nasty
national side
national team, sports team that is the representative of the whole nation rather than a school or club
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newsreel
nip
nobility
obnoxious
obscene
offence
on the skids
ornate
outfit
pachinko
palpable
parole
pawn
penitentiary
perk
money, goods, or other benefit to which one is entitled as an employee or as a shareholder
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phantom
pilgrim
pinball
platelet
a small colorless disk-shaped cell fragment, found in large numbers in blood and involved in clotting
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plead guilty to
pledge
plume
plummet
plush
polymer
a substance that has a molecular structure consisting of a large number of similar units bonded together
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poster child
potassium
chemical element of atomic number 19, a soft silvery-white reactive metal of the alkali metal group
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potent
preeminent
prodigious
promptly
proponent
proposition
pummel
punter
rambunctious
redeem
renegade
a person who deserts and betrays an organization, country, or set of principles
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repeal
retiree
reveal
rid
risotto
Italian food of rice cooked with other ingredients such as meat and vegetables
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rivalry
rogue
roughly
run along
sacrilege
sass
scapegoat
scorched-earth
a military policy in which everything in an area are destroyed so that enemy cannot use them
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scrubland
seepage
seismic
shale
shine a light
metaphorically put the spotlight on an issue or subject so that others will notice it
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sideways
sizzling
skeptical
slam
slender
sloppy
slug
snap
snippet
snort
soulmate
starchy
stark
strained
strand
strife
swear someone in
swoop
take a drag
tally
tantalisingly
tat
tectonic
tedium
tilt
tinker
attempt to repair or improve something in a casual or desultory way, often to no useful effect
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transfix
treacherous
trespass
trifling
truffle
a strong-smelling underground fungus that resembles an irregular, rough-skinned potato
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tweak
typhoon
unicycle
up sticks
uptight
usher
vantage
vicious
vigilante
a member of a self-appointed group of citizens who undertake law enforcement in their community
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vital
wag
well-pressed
woe
woman about town
a socially active, sophisticated woman who frequents fashionable nightclubs, theaters, or restaurants
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yuppie