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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Wan 1100 Words You Need /wɒn/ (adj) (of a person’s face) paler than usual and tired-looking, feeble, weak, down, depressed, low, doleful, washed-out, white, lifeless, listless, gray: She gave a wan smile. Antonyms: vivacious, full of life, strong Adverb: wanly Noun: wanness
Castigate 1100 Words You Need /ˈkæs.tɪ.geɪt/ (verb) to criticize someone or something strongly, reprimand, reproach, penalize, rebuke, tell off, chastise, rake over the coals, scold, chide, blame, lecture, reprove: The CEO of the company castigated his staff for not updating their information with regard to the emerging critical problem. Antonym: praise Noun: castigation Noun: castigator…
Vestige 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 4 /ˈves.tɪdʒ/ (noun) a trace or remnant of something that existed in the past, trace of something gone, small amount, slightest amount, sign, tinge, indication, hint, suggestion, evidence, mark In its built structure and archaeological vestiges, the Kingdom of Kongo retains the traces of its customary, colonial…
Chaos GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈkeɪ.ɒs/ (noun) a state of total disorderliness and confusion, turmoil, mess, snarl, bedlam, unruliness, disarrangement, disorder, clutter, anarchy, disarray, commotion, disorganization, pandemonium Taming chaos consists of structuring the void and organizing the mess into an orderly form. You might use a mind map to connect the dots of the ideas and…
Lugubrious 1100 Words You Need /luːˈguː.bri.əs/ (adj) sad and depressed, morose, gloomy, mournful, melancholic, somber, doleful, miserable, cheerless, wretched, dismal, downbeat, depressing No such consideration can excuse my difficulty with “lugubrious.” I do recall when I first saw that one. A classmate in high school wrote in my yearbook “The vicissitudes of life are very…
Iniquity 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 2 /ɪˈnɪk.wə.ti/ (noun) highly unfair and immoral behavior, injustice, wickedness, immorality, sinfulness, impropriety, vice, evil, villainy, odiousness, criminality, egregiousness, reprehensibility, outrage, wrongdoing, heinousness #NutritionIsLife #JusticeIsLife #DevotedToDietetics #DevotedToJustice #ThereIsNothingYouCannotDo — I stand by these hashtags, and they are the driving force for everything I hope to bring forth…
Ostentatious 1100 Words You Need /ˌɒs.tenˈteɪ.ʃəs/ (adj) too obviously showing your money, possessions or power, in an attempt to make other people notice and admire you, showy, flamboyant, flashy, affected, brazen, grandiose, pretentious: Watch this video on YouTube. A pedant is a person who is excessively concerned with formalism, accuracy, and precision, or one who makes an ostentatious and arrogant…
Opaque GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /əʊˈpeɪk/ (adj) preventing light from passing or getting through, filmy, impervious, fogy, misty, dense, misty, muddy, hazy, murky, blurred, smoky, cloudy – unclear and difficult to understand, impenetrable, obscure, incomprehensible, nebulous De-lamination and “milkiness” can impact negatively upon the quality of windscreens. Delamination occurs when one or both of the layers…
Deference GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈdef.ər.əns/ (noun) politeness and respect, courtesy, veneration, submissiveness, reverence, obeisance, obsequiousness, submission, admiration, honor, esteem, homage, regard Treating a person with respect and deference versus treating that person with dignity are not exactly the same, and there is an important distinction. Respect acknowledges the behavior while dignity teaches the importance of…
Impious 1100 Words You Need Week 41 Day 3 /ˈɪm.pi.əs/ (adj) lacking piety or reverence, showing lack of religious respect, wicked, godless, ungodly, unholy, irreligious, sinful, immoral, unrighteous, sacrilegious, profane, blasphemous, apostate, atheistic, agnostic, pagan, faithless, irreverent First, the demonstrations suggest that Euthyphro does not have the kind of understanding of what the pious is…