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.
Epicure GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈep.ɪ.kjʊəʳ/ (noun) Definition a person who takes great pleasure in high-quality foods or drinks, gourmet, gourmand, foodie, bon vivant, connoisseur, gastronome, gastronomist – a sensual person who loves luxury and sensual pleasures, sybarite, hedonist Example Avoid what you know and get a little curious with your meals, this isn’t your standard…
Dirge GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /dɜːdʒ/ (noun) Definition a sad and slow song or piece of music usually at a funeral ceremony over the death of a person, eulogy, lament, lamentation, mournful music, funeral hymn, requiem, elegy, chant Example A dirge is a mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to…
Dilatory GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈdɪl.ə.tri/ (adj) Definition likely to cause delay and slow, sluggish, tardy, unhurried, sluggardly, dragging, intended to delay, laggard, procrastinating, slow-footed, lazy, delaying, slow-paced, behindhand, slow-going Example Dilatory tactics are often the main cause of undue delay. To prevent them, legal systems – regardless of time and place – have searched for…
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…
Ribald GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈrɪb.əld/ (adj) Definition humorous but rude use of language, vulgar, lewd, gross, coarse, funny, indelicate, obscene Example So what’s your experience? Can you tell a funny story, which is not too ribald? Why not? What is the difference between you and that charismatic colleague? Does your social anxiety limit you to…
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…
Quiescent GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /kwiˈes.ənt/ (adj) Definition dormant and inactive temporarily, inert, latent, at rest, passive, stagnant, inoperative, sluggish, motionless, idle, quiet, deactivated, immobile Example There’s a lot of conflicting information about whether or not turtles hibernate or go quiescent, and just like the argument about squirrels, it all comes down to the type of…
Puerile GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈpjʊə.raɪl/ (adj) Definition behaving childishly and in a silly way, stupid, infantile, trifling, immature, jejune, babyish, fatuous, juvenile, foolish, asinine, trivial Example Seeing the same client in a couple of therapy session where spouses are interacting gives me vastly more data. Mistaken, immature, and pathological behaviors all become much more visible.…
Pedant GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈped.ənt/ (noun) Definition someone who is preoccupied with formal rules and details, doctrinaire, sophist, obfuscator, pedagogue, nitpicker, schoolmaster, theoretician, scholar, hairsplitter Example A pedant is a person who is excessively concerned with formalism, accuracy, and precision, or one who makes an ostentatious and arrogant show of learning. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/ Antonym dilettante…
Circumspect GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈsɜː.kəm.spekt/ (adj) Definition taking all possible circumstance into consideration before taking any action, prudent, careful not to take risks, vigilant, attentive, cautious, alert, on the qui vive, heedful, mindful, discreet, judicious, watchful, aware, guarded, wary, observant, chary, solicitous Example European civil servants must observe a set of rules when exercising their…