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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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However, if you are serious about preparing for GRE, any smaller or easier lists shouldn't be an option unless you use them as a supplement. Here we recommend 2 large vocabularies, which are also useful for enhancing reading and writing words, especially for high score hunters.



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:
assured   Pronounce
a. made sure; exhibiting confidence or authority; indubitable
We are surprised to see the little girl paint with an assured hand.
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asylum   Pronounce
n. place of refuge or shelter; protection
The refugees sought asylum from religious persecution in a new land.
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attorney   Pronounce
n. lawyer; one who is appointed by another to act in his place or stead; proxy
Did this attorney mean to throw away his client's life without an effort?
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audition   Pronounce
v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
She scheduled to audition for a role on Broadway.
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authorization   Pronounce
n. act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant
Foreigners wishing to marry a Mexican citizen must obtain authorization from the National Institute for Migration
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autopsy   Pronounce
n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
The medical examiner ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
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7   Word meaning matching - Test words you know:
anemia  Speak
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pledge, undertaking; an act of binding yourself  to a course of action
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united or combined into one body; collective; belonging to a corporation or incorporated body
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condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality
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bend or curve; guide and manage, or restrain
anticipate  Speak
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having the attention diverted; suffering conflicting emotions; distraught
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young animal; awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy; a stall for cattle
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quiet; still; tending to avoid people and social situations; reserved
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act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; predict
bacon  Speak
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back and sides of a pig salted and smoked
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room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground
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bend or curve; guide and manage, or restrain
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liquids for drinking, usually excluding water; refreshment
behold  Speak
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sharp projection from fishhook; openly cutting remark
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shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow
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have in sight; see clearly; look at; perceive by the visual faculty
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quality of being brutal; inhumanity; savageness; pitilessness
blackmail  Speak
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edge, margin, or border of a steep place verge
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praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
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definite summary of what is believed; confession of faith for public use
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extortion of money or value from a person by threat of exposing a criminal act or discreditable information
con  Speak
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against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side
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having a bad disposition; having eccentric ways; odd; full of bends and turns; crooked
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move suddenly and rapidly
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act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; predict
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8   Interactive spelling - Check your spelling skill online:
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a. deserving to be adored; worthy of divine honors


Spelling Word: adorable
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a. excessively sensitive; susceptible; having an allergy


Spelling Word: allergic
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v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use


Spelling Word: appropriate
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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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a. of a person, slightly overweight, somewhat fat and hence soft; rounded, and plump


Spelling Word: chubby
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n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals


Spelling Word: collision
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