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:
draconian a. excessively harsh and severe 
chatter n. incessant trivial talk
afloat a. out of debt or difficulty
prose n. written language in its ordinary form rather than poetry
implication n. a conclusion that can be drawn from something, although it is not explicitly stated
grapple v. engage in a close fight or struggle without weapons
fluctuate v. rise and fall irregularly in number or amount
grouse v. complain pettily; grumble
outpouring n. something that streams out rapidly
brawl n. a rough or noisy fight or quarrel
chatter n. incessant trivial talk
afloat a. out of debt or difficulty
prose n. written language in its ordinary form rather than poetry
implication n. a conclusion that can be drawn from something, although it is not explicitly stated
grapple v. engage in a close fight or struggle without weapons
fluctuate v. rise and fall irregularly in number or amount
grouse v. complain pettily; grumble
outpouring n. something that streams out rapidly
brawl n. a rough or noisy fight or quarrel
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
Example sentences Words in context Search classic clog
v. block or become blocked with an accumulation of thick, wet matter
Example sentences Words in context Search classic coniferous
a. any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped
Example sentences Words in context Search classic deciduous
a. (of a tree or shrub) shedding its leaves annually
Example sentences Words in context Search classic diocese
n. a district under the pastoral care of a bishop in the Christian Church
Example sentences Words in context Search classic elbow out of
v. pressure someone to depart something
Example sentences Words in context Search classic epicenter
n. the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
Example sentences Words in context Search classic epidemic
n. a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease
Example sentences Words in context Search classic evangelist
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
Example sentences Words in context Search classic infiltrate
v. access to somewhere surreptitiously and gradually, especially to acquire secret information
Example sentences Words in context Search classic intercession
n. the action of intervening on behalf of another
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 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
Example sentences Words in context Search classic mortuary
n. a place in which dead bodies are kept until burial
Example sentences Words in context Search classic opus
n. any artistic work, especially one on a large scale
Example sentences Words in context Search classic painstaking
a. extremely careful and correct, and involving a lot of effort
Example sentences Words in context Search classic pandemic
n. a disease prevalent over a whole country or the world
Example sentences Words in context Search classic post-mortem
n. a medical examination of a dead person's body in order to find out the cause of death
Example sentences Words in context Search classic preeminent
a. surpassing all others; very distinguished in some way
Example sentences Words in context Search classic prose
n. written language in its ordinary form rather than poetry
Example sentences Words in context Search classic sequester
v. isolate or hide away (someone or something)
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
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 vibe
n. atmosphere of a place as communicated to and felt by others
Example sentences Words in context Search classic GRE Vocabulary 2018-2019
adorn
adversity
after hours
after normal working or opening hours, typically those of bars and nightclubs
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back-alley
barista
barren
bawdy
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
blossom
brag
breathtaking
categorically
conscious
craggy
cringe-worthy
cronyism
appointment of friends and associates to positions of authority, without proper regard to their qualifications
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damning
deficiency
despise
dominant
down
droll
dwindle
enlist
entice
ethos
flog
formidable
frantic
fraternity
full-on
furlough
gibe
glamorous
gown
grind on
gubernatorial
gyrate
gyration
hard-core
haze
helm
herald
homeroom
a classroom in which a group of students assembles daily with the same teacher
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homosexual
hone
illusion
imminent
impunity
exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action
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in full swing
infuse
ingest
inimitably
inmate
insecure
intimidate
irrefutably
jurisprudence
kneecap
lance corporal
lavish
lead-up
lose shirt
magistrate
maven
melancholy
misdemeanor
momentum
monger
munch
muzzle
nobility
obnoxious
obscene
on the skids
ornate
palpable
parole
penitentiary
perk
money, goods, or other benefit to which one is entitled as an employee or as a shareholder
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phantom
plead guilty to
pledge
plush
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
prodigious
promptly
proponent
proposition
pummel
rambunctious
redeem
repeal
risotto
Italian food of rice cooked with other ingredients such as meat and vegetables
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rivalry
rogue
roughly
sass
scorched-earth
a military policy in which everything in an area are destroyed so that enemy cannot use them
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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
slug
snap
sneer
snort
soulmate
stain
starchy
strife
swoop
taint
take a drag
temple
tide waiter
treacherous
trespass
truffle
a strong-smelling underground fungus that resembles an irregular, rough-skinned potato
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uptight
vantage
vicious
wag
well-pressed
woe
woman about town
a socially active, sophisticated woman who frequents fashionable nightclubs, theaters, or restaurants
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