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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.

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Words 106–140 of 800
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
106	corroborate	verb Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: corroborate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. Làm chứng 2. chứng thực 3. vững	Phone records corroborate the witness's timeline.
107	counterintuitive	adjective Study Field: GRE science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Suffix focus: -ive commonly forms an adjective meaning having a quality or tendency.	phản trực giác	The counterintuitive result improved efficiency by slowing the process.
108	adulation	noun Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	1. nịnh hót 2. nịnh nọt 3. bợ đỡ	The actor distrusted the sudden adulation that followed one successful film.
109	alacrity	noun Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	1. Sự 2. sốt sắng	The volunteers responded with alacrity when extra help was requested.
110	prosaic	adjective Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Base-form focus: prosaic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	tầm thường	The mystery ends with a prosaic explanation.
111	affinity	noun Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	1. Mối 2. quan hệ 3. sự	Mina felt an affinity for stories about determined explorers.
112	affirm	verb Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: affirm is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	khẳng định	The ruling will affirm every citizen's right to peaceful assembly.
113	agnostic	adjective Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: agnostic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	bất khả tri	The software is platform agnostic and works on several operating systems.
114	allege	verb Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: allege is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. cáo buộc 2. Cho là 3. khẳng định	Investigators allege that the contractor concealed safety defects.
115	veracity	noun Study Field: GRE literature, history, and humanities Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	1. Tính 2. chân thực	Documents from several sources support the account's veracity.
116	allude	verb Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: allude is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	ám chỉ	The poem may allude to an ancient myth without naming it.
117	allusion	noun Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Suffix focus: -sion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	ám chỉ	The title contains an allusion to a well-known folktale.
118	aloof	adjective Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: aloof is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	xa cách	His aloof manner made cooperation seem unlikely.
119	altruism	noun Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	1. chủ nghĩa vị tha 2. Chủ nghĩa 3. vị tha	The anonymous donation was an act of genuine altruism.
120	ameliorate	verb Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: ameliorate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	cải thiện	The new drainage system should ameliorate flooding in the valley.
121	amnesty	noun Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: amnesty is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	ân xá	The government offered amnesty to people who surrendered banned equipment.
122	anachronism	noun Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	1. Sự 2. năm tháng 3. niên đại	A digital wristwatch would be an anachronism in a film set in 1800.
123	anarchy	noun Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: anarchy is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. vô chính phủ 2. Tình trạng	The collapse of local authority briefly led to anarchy.
124	anecdotal	adjective Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: anecdotal is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	giai thoại	The claim rests on anecdotal reports, not a controlled study.
125	anomaly	noun Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: anomaly is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. Sự 2. không 3. bình thường	Scientists rechecked the instrument after detecting an anomaly in the data.
126	antecedent	noun Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: antecedent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. Vật 2. trước 3. đứng	The historian traced the law's antecedent to a colonial ordinance.
127	nefarious	adjective Study Field: GRE transitions and expression of ideas Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	bất chính	Investigators uncovered a nefarious scheme to sell forged medicine.
128	apathy	noun Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: apathy is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. lãnh đạm 2. thờ ơ 3. hờ hững	Voter apathy can weaken public accountability.
129	aphorism	noun Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	Cách ngôn	The essay opens with an aphorism about patience and power.
130	appease	verb Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: appease is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	xoa dịu	A minor concession did little to appease the angry residents.
131	approbation	noun Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	1. tán thành 2. chấp thuận	The proposal won the approbation of several respected researchers.
132	arbitrary	adjective Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: arbitrary is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	tùy ý	The deadline seemed arbitrary because no schedule depended on it.
133	arcane	adjective Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: arcane is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. Bí truyền 2. bí mật	The manual explains arcane legal terms in plain language.
134	archaic	adjective Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: archaic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	cổ hủ	The translator replaced each archaic expression with a modern equivalent.
135	ardent	adjective Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: ardent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	hăng hái	An ardent conservationist, Lee spent weekends restoring wetlands.
136	arduous	adjective Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	gian truân	Restoring the storm-damaged archive was an arduous task.
137	articulate	verb Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: articulate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	nói rõ ràng	The witness struggled to articulate exactly what she had observed.
138	ascetic	adjective Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: ascetic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	khổ hạnh	The monk followed an ascetic routine of simple meals and few possessions.
139	assiduous	adjective Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	cần mẫn	Through assiduous research, the biographer verified every quotation.
140	assimilate	verb Study Field: GRE words in context and precision Word study: Base-form focus: assimilate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. đồng hóa 2. Tiêu hoá	Readers need time to assimilate several competing explanations.

Vocabulary reading and practice

Evidence Against Intuition

Reading practice for pages 4–6. Five relevant words are highlighted.

English reading

During a research briefing, Dr. Malik carefully delineated the difference between correlation and cause. Her result seemed counterintuitive, so the committee asked for an independent analysis. A second laboratory was able to corroborate the central finding. With appropriate deference to the new evidence, the project’s strongest critic had to construe the result differently because his earlier explanation no longer fit the data. The discussion changed because the participants treated revision as a strength rather than a defeat.

Vietnamese translation

Trong một buổi báo cáo nghiên cứu, Tiến sĩ Malik đã cẩn thận làm rõ sự khác biệt giữa mối tương quan và nguyên nhân. Kết quả của bà có vẻ trái với trực giác, nên hội đồng đã yêu cầu một bản phân tích độc lập. Một phòng thí nghiệm thứ hai đã có thể xác nhận phát hiện chính. Với sự tôn trọng thích đáng đối với bằng chứng mới, người chỉ trích mạnh mẽ nhất của dự án đã phải diễn giải kết quả theo cách khác, vì lời giải thích trước đó của ông không còn phù hợp với dữ liệu. Cuộc thảo luận đã thay đổi vì những người tham gia xem việc sửa đổi là một điểm mạnh chứ không phải là thất bại.

Reading comprehension

1. Why does the committee request another analysis?

The result seems counterintuitive, so the committee wants independent evidence.

2. What does the second laboratory do?

It corroborates the central finding.

3. Why must the critic construe the result differently?

His earlier explanation no longer fits the data.

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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.

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