Mastering GRE vocabulary is not easy because the majority of these words are highly abstract and not very frequently-used. GRE vocabulary flashcards that are available in the market, even Kaplan GRE vocabulary, mainly lack effective illustrations and contextualization.
A perfect way to learn and digest GRE vocabulary is to learn them in authentic or real context, and not out of context. At LELB Society, we have included 500 GRE vocabulary flashcards, accessible to our students at the bottom of this page. These 500 advanced words have been selected from authentic contexts, namely books, film scripts, magazines, websites, plays, poems, and the like. All these 500 vocabulary items come with definitions, synonyms, antonyms, parts of speech, collocations, and the like to expand your vocabulary learning experience.
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It is important to note that all these 500 GRE vocabulary flashcards are designed and edited by Dr. Mohammad Hossein Hariri Asl, the creator and chief administrator at LELB Society, and he has just borrowed the individual words from Kaplan GRE vocabulary items, one of the most reliable GRE vocabulary resources. In other words, the definitions, examples, synonyms, antonyms, illustrations, etc. are totally original.
Apart from 500 GRE flashcards found below, our students at LELB Society can access thousands of other advanced vocabulary items in real context with images selected from best-selling vocabulary books, including 504 Absolutely Essential Words, 1100 Words You Need to Know and 601 Words You Need to Know to Pass Your Exam. All these words are carefully illustrated and semantically organized around topics. Our students can also select any word or text and listen to the selected text on demand to perfect their listening comprehension.
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Tirade GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /taɪˈreɪd/ (noun) Definition a long and angry speech showing denunciation and disapproval, invective, diatribe, lecture, vilification, polemic, rant, harangue, revilement, outburst, obloquy, verbal attack, vituperation, fulmination Example During the heated town hall meeting, one frustrated resident launched into a tirade about the lack of public services, slamming the local officials for …
Wizened GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈwɪz.ənd/ (Adj) Definition (of skin) wrinkled and dried up with lines due to old age, shriveled, lined, atrophied, gnarled, wasted, desiccated, wrinkly Example As you get older, your skin naturally becomes less elastic and more wizened and fragile. Decreased production of natural oils dries your skin and makes it appear more …
Investiture GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ɪnˈves.tɪ.tʃəʳ/ (noun) Definition a formal ceremony in which someone receives an official authority, position or rank, installing someone in position, installation, initiation, consecration, inaugural, inauguration, instatement, crowning, appointment, enthronement, ordination, induction Example Investiture is the formal installation or ceremony in which a person is given the authority and regalia of a …
Stasis GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈsteɪ.sɪs/ (noun) Definition a condition or state that does not change, inertia, static situation or condition, stagnation, standstill, status quo, equilibrium, motionless state, immobility, balance, continuity, poise, motionlessness, stillness, equipoise, stability Example So when we find ourselves in the doldrums of life, we must understand where this feeling is coming from. …
Leery GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈlɪə.ri/ (adj) Definition suspicious and wary, guarded, distrustful, apprehensive, chary, skeptical, anxious, doubtful, worried, doubting, cautious, untrusting, hesitant Example It’s become more and more difficult to remain vulnerable, trusting, and open to life in this era of uncertainty, global upheaval, divorce, and disrupted family life. Fortunately, many of us have friends …
Phalanx GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈfæl.æŋks/ (noun) Definition a large crowd or group of people densely packed usually for military purposes, group, legion, body of troops or police officers, large group of things or people, multitude, formation, assemblage, unit Example The phalanx was a rectangular mass military formation, usually composed entirely of heavy infantry armed with …
Coffer GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈkɒf.əʳ/ (noun & verb) Definition Noun: a large strongbox to keep your money and other valuable assets, treasury, chest, war chest, money chest, cash box, casket, money box, treasure chest Verb: to store valuables including money in a coffer or strongbox – decorate something especially ceilings with coffers Example From the …
Bombastic GRE Vocabulary Flashcard bɒmˈbæs.tɪk/ (adj) Definition using difficult words to show you’re more important than you really are, pompous, long-winded, magniloquent, declamatory, verbose, euphuistic, pretentious, turgid, grandiloquent, affected, sonorous, ostentatious, grandiose, high-flown, orotund, rhetorical Example The word verbosity comes from Latin verbosus, “wordy”. There are many other English words that also refer to the …
Missive GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈmɪs.ɪv/ (noun) Definition a very formal and official letter, message, note, epistle, memorandum, communiqué, communication, memo, dispatch Example If you can show that the council was wrong they could change their decision. You should have been sent a missive showing the council’s decision about your housing application. Check the deadline in …
Seraphic GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /səˈræf.ɪk/ (adj) Definition angelic and heavenly, innocent and attractive, cute and adorable, blissful, cherubic, serene, innocuous, sweet – holy, spiritual, ethereal, divine, godly, saintly Example On 20 April 1934, the police decided to get him. They’d been tipped off that he was staying at a lakeside hotel in Wisconsin, so they …