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:
terrace v. make sloping land into a number of level flat areas resembling a series of steps 
irrigation n. supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels
stipend n. a fixed regular sum paid as a salary or allowance
collaborator n. a person who works jointly on an activity or project; an associate
knack n. an acquired or natural skill at performing a task
unabashed a. not embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed
blatant a. done openly and unashamedly
barbaric a. savagely cruel; exceedingly brutal
brand v. consider or refer to something as being bad
bolster v. support or strengthen; prop up
irrigation n. supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels
stipend n. a fixed regular sum paid as a salary or allowance
collaborator n. a person who works jointly on an activity or project; an associate
knack n. an acquired or natural skill at performing a task
unabashed a. not embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed
blatant a. done openly and unashamedly
barbaric a. savagely cruel; exceedingly brutal
brand v. consider or refer to something as being bad
bolster v. support or strengthen; prop up
abet 
v. encourage or assist someone to do something wrong
Example sentences Words in context Search classic accordance
n. following or obeying a rule, law, wish
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v. consider or refer to something as being bad
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v. block or become blocked with an accumulation of thick, wet matter
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n. a person who works jointly on an activity or project; an associate
Example sentences Words in context Search classic diocese
n. a district under the pastoral care of a bishop in the Christian Church
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v. pressure someone to depart something
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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
Example sentences Words in context Search classic excruciate
v. torment someone physically or mentally
Example sentences Words in context Search classic fluctuate
v. rise and fall irregularly in number or amount
Example sentences Words in context Search classic grapple
v. engage in a close fight or struggle without weapons; wrestle
Example sentences Words in context Search classic implication
n. a conclusion that can be drawn from something, although it is not explicitly stated
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n. supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels
Example sentences Words in context Search classic kick
v. run at a faster speed during the last part of a race
Example sentences Words in context Search classic knack
n. an acquired or natural skill at performing a task
Example sentences Words in context Search classic know-how
n. practical knowledge or skill; expertise
Example sentences Words in context Search classic magnum
n. a thing of a type that is larger than normal, in particular
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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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n. a disease prevalent over a whole country or the world
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n. written language in its ordinary form rather than poetry
Example sentences Words in context Search classic ramp up
v. increase or cause to increase in the amount
Example sentences Words in context Search classic shortfall
n. a deficit of something required or expected
Example sentences Words in context Search classic siphon
v. draw off or convey liquid by means of a long and small tube
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n. a fixed regular sum paid as a salary or allowance
Example sentences Words in context Search classic stratospheric
a. relating to the layer of the earth's atmosphere extending to about 50 km above the earth's surface
Example sentences Words in context Search classic terrace
v. make sloping land into a number of level flat areas resembling a series of steps
Example sentences Words in context Search classic unabashed
a. not embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed
Example sentences Words in context Search classic GRE Vocabulary 2018-2019
adversity
after hours
after normal working or opening hours, typically those of bars and nightclubs
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barista
bawdy
bead
bite the dust
blare
blob
blossom
brag
breathtaking
coniferous
any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped
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craggy
cringe-worthy
cronyism
appointment of friends and associates to positions of authority, without proper regard to their qualifications
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damning
debacle
deciduous
deficiency
down
droll
dwindle
enlist
fraternity
full-on
furlough
gibe
glamorous
grind on
gubernatorial
gyrate
gyration
hard-core
haze
helm
homeroom
a classroom in which a group of students assembles daily with the same teacher
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homosexual
hone
illusion
imminent
in full swing
infiltrate
access to somewhere surreptitiously and gradually, especially to acquire secret information
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insecure
intercession
irrefutably
jog
kneecap
lance corporal
lavish
lose shirt
maven
melancholy
misdemeanor
momentum
monger
muzzle
obscene
on the skids
ornate
painstaking
palpable
parole
penitentiary
phantom
plead guilty to
pledge
plush
post-mortem
a medical examination of a dead person's body in order to find out the cause of death
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potassium
chemical element of atomic number 19, a soft silvery-white reactive metal of the alkali metal group
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preeminent
proposition
rambunctious
repeal
roughly
sass
sequester
sizzling
skeptical
slug
sneer
stain
strife
swoop
taint
take a drag
temple
tide waiter
trespass
trove
vantage
vibe
vicious
woe
woman about town
a socially active, sophisticated woman who frequents fashionable nightclubs, theaters, or restaurants
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