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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Querulous GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈkwer.jʊ.ləs/ (adj) Definition nagging or complaining most of the time, puling, peevish, critical, whiny, grouchy, difficult, fractious, sniveling, fretful, irritable, fussy, petulant, hard to please, cantankerous Example Has this happened to you before? It has to me, and unfortunately, this behavior is quite typical of critical and querulous people. No matter…
Wraith GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /reɪθ/ (noun) Definition someone’s spirit or ghost, apparition, phantom, phantasm, bogeyman, spook, specter, manifestation, shade Example Spooky footsteps, faint figures, the feeling of being watched – these unsettling signs of a ghost or wraith are as familiar to us as the goose bumps on the back of our arm (or neck).…
Bifurcate GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈbaɪ.fə.keɪt/ (adj & verb) Definition Verb: (of roads, paths, rivers, streams, branches, etc.) to divide into two sections or parts, branch, bisect, split, fork, separate, diverge Adjective: separating or dividing something into two parts or sections Example River bifurcation occurs when a river flowing in a single stream separates into two…
Maelstrom GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈmeɪl.strɒm/ (noun) Definition a state of great confusion, violence or turbulence, tumult, chaos, eddy, disorder, turmoil, disarray, Charybdis, vortex, pandemonium, upheaval, frenzy, bedlam – a very strong whirlpool, whirl Example Thousands of people throughout the world are stuck in the maelstrom of war and violence. Source: https://www.icrc.org/
Lapidary GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /lap·i·dary/ (adj) Definition relating to precious stones or gemstones and polishing or engraving on them, pebble, engraved on a gemstone Example Lapidary is the practice of shaping stone, minerals, or gemstones into decorative items such as cabochons, engraved gems (including cameos), and faceted designs. A person who practices lapidary is known…
Tangential GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /tænˈdʒen.tʃəl/ (adj) Definition relating to a tangent which is a straight line that touches but does not cut into a curve, peripheral, extraneous, diverging from a course, oblique, divergent, digressive, lateral, having only a slight connection, diverting, irrelevant, impertinent, indirect, inconsequential Example The term I digress is used when someone’s argument…
Pulchritude GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈpʌl.krɪ.tjuːd/ (noun) Definition (especially of a woman) physical beauty, comeliness, aesthetic, attractiveness, gorgeousness, loveliness, handsomeness, prettiness Example Venus is a Roman goddess, whose functions encompassed love, pulchritude, desire, fertility, prosperity, and victory. In Roman mythology, she was the ancestor of the Roman people through her son, Aeneas, who survived the fall…
Requite GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /rɪˈkwaɪt/ (verb) Definition to give back or pay back something to someone in return for their favor, kindness, etc. reciprocate, compensate, make up for, return, recompense, retaliate, repay, revenge, avenge, even the score, tit for tat Example The Rule of Obligation, also known as “reciprocity,” states that when others do something…
Magnate GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈmæg.nət/ (noun) Definition an influential and powerful person, tycoon, a successful and rich businessman, baron, entrepreneur, potentate, industrialist, luminary, mogul, dignitary, nabob Example Growing up, I learned that the worse thing that could happen by asking for something is that someone could say no to you. On the contrary, if you…
Monotony GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /məˈnɒt.ən.i/ (noun) Definition unvarying condition which causes boredom and tedium, drone, tediously the same, dullness, humdrum, tediousness, flatness, monotonousness, repetitiousness, lack of variety, uneventfulness, monotone, wearisomeness Example There are things we can do to break out of the cycle of monotony. Much of what happens to us and how we react…