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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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abuse   Pronounce
n. improper use or handling; misuse
The commenter said that he had stopped seven years of girl abuse in this area, thanks to Vito.
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accidental   Pronounce
a. unexpected; happening by chance, unintentionally  
Its curves are arbitrary and what we call accidental, but one after another follows it as if he were guided by a chart on which it was laid down.
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acquaintance   Pronounce
n. personal knowledge or information about someone or something
He also reconnected with Doris Schmitz, an acquaintance from the University of Frankfurt.
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acute   Pronounce
a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
Her early writing was grounded in acute observation of the natural world.
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addiction   Pronounce
n. the compulsive physiological and psychological need for a substance; being abnormally dependent on something
No matter what form we find it in, addiction is not fun; drugs, alcohol, overeating, overworking, smoking or sex.
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adopt   Pronounce
v. accept; take on; raise; take into one's family
In a late-night session, the United States, which has blocked most recent efforts to adopt resolutions on the Middle East, put forward its own proposal.
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adore  Speak
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worship with profound reverence; pay divine honors to; regard with the utmost esteem and affection
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closely and firmly united or packed together; briefly giving a gist of something
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disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
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an area of flat land where a river spreads out into several smaller rivers before entering the sea
airborne  Speak
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fondness; tender feeling toward another; fondness
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aloft; flying; in the air
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endure; put up with; bear; tolerate
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full of light; shining; bright; sharp and clear in tone
authorization  Speak
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edge, margin, or border of a steep place verge
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extortion of money or value from a person by threat of exposing a criminal act or discreditable information
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thick, viscous, or coagulated mass or lump, as of blood; compact group
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act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant
breach  Speak
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having been shortened; effectively cut short; rudely brief or abrupt, as in speech or manner
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bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure
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breaking of contract or duty; breaking of waves or surf; fissure or gap
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edge, margin, or border of a steep place verge
bum  Speak
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act of consoling; state of being consoled; refreshment of spirit; comfort
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worthwhile; worth doing or achieving; advisable
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one who is devoted to a particular activity; murmuring or humming sound; lazy or shiftless person
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act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant
bypass  Speak
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the channel used to conduct gas or liquid around another pipe or a fixture
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blame; denounce; express strong disapproval of
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make a copy of, usually with the intent to defraud; forge
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any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
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a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish


Spelling Word: absurd
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n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity


Spelling Word: altar
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a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others


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


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


Spelling Word: audition
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n. activity or gift that benefits the public at large


Spelling Word: charity
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