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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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activate   Pronounce
v. make active or more active; stimulate; make radioactive
The carriers say they want to encrypt and store the credentials in the phone's SIM card, the small chips to activate access to mobile networks.
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adamant   Pronounce
a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
Speaker Pelosi came out of that meeting, and she was once again adamant about saying a public option must be in the bill.
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ado   Pronounce
n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
So, without more ado, let me introduce tonight's guests.
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adorable   Pronounce
a. deserving to be adored; worthy of divine honors
I just can't resist that adorable face and those amazing blue eyes!
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affected   Pronounce
a. speaking or behaving in an artificial way; emotionally stirred or moved; infected or attacked
The other boys laughed so unmercifully at what they termed my affected accent.
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affirmative   Pronounce
a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
The result will allow schools to know what they can do and not do in affirmative action programs.
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7   Word meaning matching - Test words you know:
access  Speak
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approach; entry; entrance
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capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable
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unexpected; happening by chance, unintentionally
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a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors
accidental  Speak
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kitchen or cooking department; food; manner or style of cooking; cookery
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man who affects extreme elegance in clothes and manners; something very good or agreeable
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unexpected; happening by chance, unintentionally
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some stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
blur  Speak
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not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
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something hazy and indistinct to the sight or mind; dim, confused appearance;  moral stain or blot
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two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
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thick, viscous, or coagulated mass or lump, as of blood; compact group
brutal  Speak
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like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; merciless
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approach; entry; entrance
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an area of flat land where a river spreads out into several smaller rivers before entering the sea
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the extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; last struggle of life; death struggle
carol  Speak
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cavity; a depression scratched or carved into a surface
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round dance; a song of joy; a song of praise or joy, especially for Christmas
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kitchen or cooking department; food; manner or style of cooking; cookery
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an area of flat land where a river spreads out into several smaller rivers before entering the sea
cemetery  Speak
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place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; graveyard
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man who affects extreme elegance in clothes and manners; something very good or agreeable
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make something by cutting into especially wood or stone; sculpt
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worthwhile; worth doing or achieving; advisable
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8   Interactive spelling - Check your spelling skill online:
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n. lacking restraint or control; feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm


Spelling Word: abandon
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a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding


Spelling Word: adamant
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n. a playing field where sports events take place; a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments


Spelling Word: arena
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n. properties; advantage; useful or valuable quality


Spelling Word: asset
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v. empower; give permission for; sanction


Spelling Word: authorize
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n. examination of dead body; post-mortem


Spelling Word: autopsy
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