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The GRE Verbal Reasoning measure asks test takers to understand and evaluate written material, analyze relationships among ideas, and use evidence within a sentence or passage. Reading Comprehension, Text Completion, and Sentence Equivalence all reward careful attention to connotation, contrast, logic, and precise word choice—not isolated memorization alone.
This independently authored 800-word beta curriculum prioritizes vocabulary identified in Magoosh’s official public GRE vocabulary ebook, then draws on advanced KSSR entries that have already passed English safety and structure audits. Additional official and public GRE references guide test alignment and editorial review. Overlap with SAT and advanced school-level vocabulary is intentional because the tests share academic language. Pages containing words 1–500 include five cloze questions; every word remains visible, editable in Vocabulary Studio, and available for private difficult/learned tracking. This unofficial resource is not endorsed by or affiliated with ETS.
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| # | Word | Details | Meaning | Sample sentence |
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| 351 | debilitate | verb StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: debilitate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | ослабля́ть | The illness can debilitate patients for several months. |
| 352 | decadent | adjective StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: decadent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. упа́дочный 2. упа́дочнический 3. декаде́нтский | The reformers condemned the court's decadent luxury. |
| 353 | decorum | noun StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: decorum is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. этике́т 2. пра́вила поведе́ния | The chair asked everyone to maintain decorum during the hearing. |
| 354 | subversive | adjective StudyField: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Suffix focus: -ive commonly forms an adjective meaning having a quality or tendency. | подрывно́й | Authorities banned the pamphlet as subversive. |
| 355 | deferential | adjective StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: deferential is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | почтительный | The aide remained deferential without abandoning her own judgment. |
| 356 | definitive | adjective StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Suffix focus: -ive commonly forms an adjective meaning having a quality or tendency. | оконча́тельный | The biography is not definitive because key records remain sealed. |
| 357 | deft | adjective StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: deft is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. ло́вкий 2. искусный 3. мастерский | With a deft transition, the essay moves from history to analysis. |
| 358 | demagogue | noun StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: demagogue is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. демаго́г 2. демагог | The novel warns how a demagogue can turn anxiety into hatred. |
| 359 | demarcate | verb StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: demarcate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. разграни́чивать 2. разграни́чить | Stone posts demarcate the protected area. |
| 360 | demure | adjective StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: demure is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. скро́мный 2. серьёзный 3. сде́ржанный | Her demure public image contrasted with her daring private letters. |
| 361 | depravity | noun StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition. | греховность | The testimony revealed the depravity of the prison system. |
| 362 | deprecate | verb StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: deprecate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. возража́ть 2. возрази́ть 3. протестова́ть | The guide does not deprecate tradition; it asks readers to examine it. |
| 363 | derelict | adjective StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: derelict is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. изго́й 2. отве́рженный 3. бесхо́зный | The city converted a derelict warehouse into affordable studios. |
| 364 | desiccate | verb StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: desiccate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. высушивать 2. иссушать | Hot winds can desiccate exposed soil. |
| 365 | desultory | adjective StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: desultory is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. беспорядочный 2. несвязанный | Their desultory search overlooked the most likely location. |
| 366 | dichotomy | noun StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: dichotomy is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. дихотоми́я 2. дихотомия | The essay rejects the false dichotomy between growth and conservation. |
| 367 | dictum | noun StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: dictum is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. изрече́ние 2. сенте́нция | The judge questioned the old dictum that silence implies consent. |
| 368 | digress | verb StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: digress is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. отвлекаться 2. отклоня́ться | The lecturer began to digress into a story unrelated to the evidence. |
| 369 | dilatory | adjective StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: dilatory is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. медлительный 2. нерасторопный | The court rejected the company's dilatory request for another postponement. |
| 370 | dilettante | noun StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: dilettante is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. дилета́нт 2. дилета́нтка | Experts dismissed him as a dilettante who ignored decades of research. |
| 371 | diminution | noun StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result. | сокращение | The law caused a gradual diminution of the agency's power. |
| 372 | discomfit | verb StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: discomfit is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | смущать | The unexpected question seemed to discomfit the witness. |
| 373 | discordant | adjective StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: discordant is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. негармони́чный 2. несогла́сный 3. несогласо́ванный | The two reports offer discordant accounts of the same meeting. |
| 374 | disingenuous | adjective StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by. | неи́скренний | It is disingenuous to call the fee optional when everyone must pay it. |
| 375 | divest | verb StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: divest is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. лиша́ть 2. лиши́ть 3. отнима́ть | The fund promised to divest from companies that ignored the standards. |
| 376 | doctrinaire | adjective StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: doctrinaire is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | доктринёр | The council rejected a doctrinaire solution that ignored local needs. |
| 377 | dubious | adjective StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by. | 1. сомневающийся 2. колеблющийся | The website supports its claim with dubious statistics. |
| 378 | ebullient | adjective StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: ebullient is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. взволнованный 2. кипучий | The director was ebullient after the opening-night applause. |
| 379 | eccentric | adjective StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: eccentric is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | эксцентри́ческий | The inventor's eccentric habits often concealed careful reasoning. |
| 380 | ecclesiastical | adjective StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: ecclesiastical is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. церко́вный 2. церковный | The archive preserves both royal and ecclesiastical records. |
| 381 | efface | verb StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: efface is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. стирать 2. замазывать | Time could not efface the inscription carved into the stone. |
| 382 | effervescent | adjective StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: effervescent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | оживлённый | Her effervescent presentation energized the tired audience. |
| 383 | egalitarian | adjective StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: egalitarian is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. уравни́тельный 2. эгалита́рный | The movement advanced an egalitarian vision of public education. |
| 384 | egocentric | adjective StudyField: GRE evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: egocentric is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. эгоцентри́ческий 2. эгоцентри́чный | The narrator's egocentric account ignores other characters' motives. |
| 385 | succinct | adjective StudyField: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Base-form focus: succinct is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context. | 1. ёмкий 2. кра́ткий 3. лаконичный | A succinct caption explains the graph. |
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About GRE Verbal Reasoning
The GRE Verbal Reasoning measure examines how well test takers understand and evaluate written material, recognize relationships among words and concepts, and analyze how parts of a sentence work together. Its three principal verbal question types are Reading Comprehension, Text Completion, and Sentence Equivalence.
Vocabulary matters on the GRE, but memorizing a definition is only the beginning. Strong preparation also connects each word to its connotation, common contrasts, near-synonyms, and role in an argument. Use the examples, readings, and quizzes here to practise choosing words from evidence in the sentence, then use official ETS material to learn the precise test format.
Sources and curriculum references
These references guide selection and calibration. Definitions, sample sentences, readings, questions, and teaching notes are independently written and reviewed.
- ETS: GRE General Test Verbal Reasoning Overview
- Magoosh: GRE Vocabulary eBook
- Kaplan Test Prep: Top 52 GRE Vocabulary Words
- Kaplan Test Prep: 48 More GRE Vocabulary Words
- Magoosh: Free GRE Vocabulary Flashcards
- Vocabulary.com: 900+ Essential GRE Words
- Reddit r/GRE: community 2,000-word cross-check
- WikDict downloadable bilingual dictionaries
- Kaikki.org / Wiktextract machine-readable Wiktionary data
- Language-Learning-decks public flashcard datasets
- SBBIC English-to-Khmer Dictionary
- English–Khmer Dictionary Dataset (machine-generated Khmer fallback; human review required)
- PanLex meanings snapshot (direct CC0 gap candidates; human review required)
- Cambridge bilingual dictionaries (individual editorial sense checks)
- Collins English–Hindi Dictionary (individual editorial checks)
- Hindwi and Rekhta dictionaries (individual Hindi/Urdu checks)
- National Institute of Korean Language: Basic Korean Dictionary
- JMdict/EDRDG Japanese dictionary project
- CC-CEDICT Chinese dictionary project
- VDict Vietnamese Dictionary (individual editorial check)
- Google Translate (machine-assisted lesson-reading draft; fluent review required)
- Kuperman et al.: Age-of-acquisition ratings for 30,000 English words