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.
Vocabulary learning is actually an ongoing project that should be practiced on a daily basis. At LELB Society, you can learn at least one new advanced vocabulary in context with images every single day. The good news is that any new vocabulary you learn at LELB Society is intelligently added to our growing corpus to help you develop the positive habit of daily vocabulary expansion.
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/
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…
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…
Plastic GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈplæs.tɪk/ (adj & noun) Definition Adjective: flexible and malleable, easily shaped, molded or bent, adaptable, supple, pliant, moldable, elastic, ductile, pliable, bendable, soft – made of plastic – artificial, synthetic, false, unnatural, fake Noun: an artificial or synthetic substance that can be molded or shaped into different forms when it is…
Mar GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /mɑːʳ/ (verb) Definition to destroy or spoil something and make it less effective or enjoyable, deface, damage, impair, blight, ruin, scar, mutilate, injure, blemish, detract from, disfigure, deform, harm, stain Example The country earns so much money from tourism. People receive knowledge from others, everyone gets to know the traditions and…
Fetid GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈfet.ɪd/ (adj) Definition smelling very bad and awful, noisome, slate, stinking, malodorous, rotten, rank, funky, rancid, stinky, fusty, smelly, putrid, foul-smelling, noxious, reeking Example To reduce bad or fetid breath, help avoid cavities and lower your risk of gum disease, consistently practice good oral hygiene. Further treatment for bad breath can…
Pithy GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈpɪθ.i/ (adj) Definition (of speech or writing) short and expressive, terse, laconic, witty, to the point, epigrammatic, succinct, curt, brief, acute, concise, compact, condensed Example When trying to share our opinions, many of us have trouble speaking pithily and getting to the point. This is compounded by the fact that some…
Aesthetic GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /esˈθet.ɪk/ (adj) Definition artistic, relating to beauty or the study of beauty, gracious, beautiful, tasteful, appealing, pleasing in appearance, appreciation of beauty, visual Example Aesthetics is the philosophical study of beauty and taste. It is closely related to the philosophy of art, which is concerned with the nature of art and…