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 5000 GRE Vocabulary Words
1   Overview:
5000 GRE Vocabulary Words is a middle-level words list for test-takers to warm up known words and learn new words. In addition to normal definitions and explanations, the GRE voca also includes online practices, such as meaning matching and spelling. For those who prefer to enhance vocabulary offline or in an old-school way, it offers printable flashcards and PDF files.

If you want to have a better GRE score, you have to own a stronger vocabulary skill. It means that you will spend more time studying GRE words. Does this GRE voca meet your case? We divide the words into 4 levels; each level consists of 4 groups. Want to view them quickly? Watch them here.



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3   Words' PDF List and Cards:
GRE Vocabulary PDF List
Some students like using PDF lists to learn and review words. We do offer a handy feature to make GRE PDF word lists for each group. Below are demos of Level 1's first group, including files with 9 non-English explanations.If you have a VIP account, you can print all groups' word list from the website; the details are in:

GRE Vocabulary Cards
Cards are useful tools for some students to study new words. We offer two buttons to make GRE one-side and two-side flashcards for each group. Below are one-side cards for Level 1's first group, including 9 non-English explanations.If you have a VIP account, you can print all groups' cards, either one-side or two-side, from the website; the details are in: Print Cards from Word List.

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Words of Group 1: (Part of words, select list to view all.)
abandon
abide
abnormal
absurd
abuse
access
accidental
accomplice
acquaintance
activate
acute
adamant
addiction
ado
adopt
adorable
adore
affected
affection
affirmative
agenda
aggressive
agitated
agony
agreement
airborne
alias
allegiance
allergic
allergy
alley
ally
altar
ambrosia
ambush
amendment
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6   Demonstrate word list style:
appropriate   Pronounce
v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
The ranch owners appropriate the lands that have originally been set aside for the Indians' use.
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archer   Pronounce
n. bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow
I am the best archer in our college.
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arena   Pronounce
n. a playing field where sports events take place; a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
For your convenience, arena locations have been divided into two categories; East and West.
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arrogant   Pronounce
a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
He often speaks in an arrogant tone, which doesn't encourage others to discuss with him.
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arsonist   Pronounce
n. criminal who illegally sets fire to property
No matter how big the fire, it was always put down to a discarded cigarette unless the arsonist was arrested.
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assault   Pronounce
n. a violent attack; an onslaught
He's charged with interfering with the performance of a flight crew by assault or intimidation.
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7   Word meaning matching - Test words you know:
airborne  Speak
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aloft; flying; in the air
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object worn, especially around the neck, as a charm against evil or injury; charm
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state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace; disobedience to, or open disrespect of
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dash or dart off; move or jump suddenly
archer  Speak
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disorder; turmoil; mental or emotional unbalance or disorder
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device for rotary motion, by handle or arm; bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage; twist or turn in speech
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bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow
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dash or dart off; move or jump suddenly
attic  Speak
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testimony under oath; the act of depositing, especially laying down of matter by natural process
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of or relating to non-military life
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story or room directly below the roof of a building, especially a house
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having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful
bacon  Speak
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dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception
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object worn, especially around the neck, as a charm against evil or injury; charm
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back and sides of a pig salted and smoked
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a piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction
barb  Speak
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bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow
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have a beginning or origin; originate; start; begin
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sharp projection from fishhook; openly cutting remark
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the occasion for excessive eating or drinking; complete failure; sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
barbecue  Speak
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dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception
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extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
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a thick mass or piece, amount
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a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors
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n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing


Spelling Word: accomplice
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n. the extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; last struggle of life; death struggle


Spelling Word: agony
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v. dash or dart off; move or jump suddenly


Spelling Word: bolt
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v. raise; advance; push or shove upward


Spelling Word: boost
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n. quality of being brutal; inhumanity; savageness; pitilessness


Spelling Word: brutality
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n. one who is devoted to a particular activity; murmuring or humming sound; lazy or shiftless person


Spelling Word: bum
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