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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:
booze   Pronounce
n. drink greedily or immoderately, especially alcoholic liquor
If you think you like a drink, it means I like booze.
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bouquet   Pronounce
n. small cluster or arrangement of flowers; an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
They are usually created with flowers that have definite form and add character to a bouquet.
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brace   Pronounce
n. something which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly, as bandage, cord, or rod;
After the brace is on, the strap is tightened to pull the foot into a better position.
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breach   Pronounce
n. breaking of contract or duty; breaking of waves or surf; fissure or gap
Jill sued Jack for breach of promise, claiming he had broken his promise to marry her.
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brink   Pronounce
n. edge, margin, or border of a steep place verge
Beyond the verge of provocation, I never ventured; on the extreme brink, I liked well to try my skill.
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brutality   Pronounce
n. quality of being brutal; inhumanity; savageness; pitilessness
To write down his success simply to brutality is to oversimplify.
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7   Word meaning matching - Test words you know:
abandon  Speak
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place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; graveyard
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unusual; not typical; not normal
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lacking restraint or control; feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm
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clearness of thought or style; brightness; splendor
abuse  Speak
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disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
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mend, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by the needle; sew together with yarn or thread
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lacking restraint or control; feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm
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improper use or handling; misuse
adore  Speak
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clients of professional person; the body of customers or patrons
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act of sending off something; the property of being prompt and efficient; message usually sent in haste
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worship with profound reverence; pay divine honors to; regard with the utmost esteem and affection
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false belief; mistaken or unfounded opinion
aggressive  Speak
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consider; think about carefully; weigh
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bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure
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making assaults; unjustly attacking; combative; hostile; tending to spread quickly
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examination of dead body; post-mortem
amnesia  Speak
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be moist or glutinous; stick or adhere; produce or cause to clang
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partial or total loss of memory, usually resulting from shock or illness
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lacking restraint or control; feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm
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clients of professional person; the body of customers or patrons
bacon  Speak
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back and sides of a pig salted and smoked
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false belief; mistaken or unfounded opinion
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deeply agitated, as from emotional conflict; mad; insane
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a piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction
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n. malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of another man, which by the common law is a felony


Spelling Word: arson
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v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance


Spelling Word: audition
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n. signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning


Spelling Word: beacon
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n. something hazy and indistinct to the sight or mind; dim, confused appearance;  moral stain or blot


Spelling Word: blur
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a. broadly sympathetic; universal; related to Roman Catholic Church


Spelling Word: catholic
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n. hole; cavern; hollow area within the body


Spelling Word: cavity
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