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.
To help you master difficult GRE vocabulary flashcards, we’ve taken another step and illustrated all of the 500 words. They are also organized and classified according to themes, such as, psychology, legal terms, emotion, medicine, depression, traveling, and +18,000 other keywords or tags. Our experience over one decade has proved it to us that learning vocabulary in context with images can facilitate vocabulary enrichment to a high extent.
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.
Sardonic GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /sɑːˈdɒn.ɪk/ (adj) Definition showing that you believe you are more important than other people by not showing enough respect to them, disdainfully mocking, scornful, ironic, cynical, sarcastic, satirical, derisive, caustic, acerbic, snide, mocking Example Have you ever wanted to whisper softly in someone’s ear “JUST WALK AWAY”? Umm… that’s a bit…
Malinger GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /məˈlɪŋ.gəʳ/ (verb) Definition to pretend to be ill to evade responsibility or avoid work, feign illness, shirk, fake illness, slack, take a sickie, skive, shun, eschew Example When an employee is unable to undertake the full duties of their role or they have high levels of sickness absence due to an…
Palatial GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /pəˈleɪ.ʃəl/ (adj) Definition of a palace or a splendid house – luxurious, magnificent, grand, royal, lavish, sumptuous, extravagant, regal, impressive, opulent, stately Example Owned by Indian steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, the 55,000-square-foot, 19th-century mansion was originally built as two semi-detached homes. After housing the Egyptian and Russian embassies for many years,…
Restive GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈres.tɪv/ (adj) Definition impatient, uncontrollable, unruly, disorderly, on edge, restless, fretful, unmanageable, agitated, twitchy, insubordinate, edgy, uneasy, anxious Example Impatient and restive? Why and How to Practice Patience What is patience? I like to start with the dictionary. “Patience: the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, difficulty, or annoyance without getting…
Apocryphal GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /əˈpɒk.rɪ.fəl/ (adj) Definition (of a story) probably not true, mythical, fictional, imaginary, dubious, fabricated, unreal, false, doubtful, disputed, fraudulent, legendary, fictitious, unauthenticated Example “A story is true. A story is untrue or apocryphal. As time extends, it matters less and less. The stories we want to believe, those are the ones…
Estimable GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈes.tɪ.mə.bļ/ (adj) worthy of great respect, praiseworthy, honorable, commendable, impressive, deserving, admirable, laudable, meritorious, venerable, creditable Cheeky Harriet, the foundation’s blog, makes clear that poetry doesn’t equate to the stiff and stuffy. Notable site features include a Learning Lab, children’s poetry, podcasts, video, and selections from the estimable Poetry magazine. Poems…
Polemic GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /pəˈlem.ɪk/ (noun) invective, diatribe, verbal attack, denunciation, tirade, refutation, controversy, criticism, condemnation, argument, discourse, admonition Many cultures have sayings or expressions to the effect that words are harmless, and there is a long tradition that teaches us to ignore verbal attacks or polemics. Source: https://www.coe.int/ Antonyms: praise, commendation, approval Adjective: polemical…
Verdant GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈvɜː.dənt/ (adj) covered with green vegetation, plants or grass, leafy, wooded, luxuriant, grassy, fertile, with lush green growth, green in color, greenish – immature, raw, inexperienced, callow Starting to build a new verdant garden isn’t difficult. Most people begin by going out into their yards with a shovel or garden tiller,…
Euphony GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈju:fənɪ/ (noun) (of sound) pleasant and harmonious, dulcet sound, melodiousness, euphoniousness, melody The literary device euphony is derived from the Greek word euphonos, which means “sweet-voiced.” It can be defined as the use of words and phrases that are distinguished as having a wide range of noteworthy melody or loveliness in…
Inter GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ɪnˈtɜːʳ/ (verb) to bury a dead body or corpse, entomb, lay to rest, inhume Burial or interment is a method of final disposition wherein a dead person or non-human animal is placed into the ground. This is usually accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing the deceased in it, and…