The Economist: Most Common GRE Vocabulary - A 3 Hour Word List Organized by Difficulty
This Economist compiled this list of the most common GRE English words, organized by difficulty. I go through the list in full, giving additional synonyms, explanations and context. The list features over 300 words from a reputable source.
gre.economist.com/gre-advice/...
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Most Common GRE Vocab Questions:
- What words come up most on the GRE?
It is not all about the difficulty of the words that come up - sometimes the sentences can use easy words but test if you understand the sentence. As you rise through the levels though the vocab tested rises to the collegiate level - the type of words you see in this video.
- Which is the best GRE Wordlist?
The one that teaches you the most words! The longest one I have seen is a list of 5000 college level words but is it helpful just to have a long list? In this video I try to teach you a realistic amount of words.
- What is the best GRE vocab source? Best GRE Vocab video?
I would say my Vocabulary playlist! But I am biased :)
- Have you done videos on other helpful GRE word lists, such as Kaplan or Manhattan?
Yes, do check out my vocabulary playlist! • Vocabulary
- Which is the biggest and longest GRE word list?
Probably this one: www.freevocabulary.com/vocabu.... But I may make one even longer eventually.
- What are the best GRE words to know?
Ones at a collegiate level - or another answer would be words at the border of your knowledge (familiar with them but unsure of the definition or synonyms).
- How to learn and remember GRE vocab? Best method for GRE memorization? How do I improve my vocabulary?
Watch one of my earliest videos to answer these questions: • 340 GRE Vocabulary: My...
- How many words to know for the GRE?
I recommend adding 2000 appropriate words to your existing vocabulary. That's the most realistic target over the course of a few months.
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Note to self: Least Difficult: 1:10 Medium Difficulty: 50:41 Most Difficult: 1:52:30
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This has to be one of the most exquisite online resources for GRE vocabulary. Thank you Philip!
Incredible work! We are very lucky to have you as a professor.
This video is perfect. The synonyms with the sentence makes it so much easier to remember. The little tips and explanations of how the words have been derived or related to another word on the list definitely helps to remember them better.
Can't thank you enough for your selfless and altruistic dedications for the students and testtakers. This had made my GRE prep experience less tortuous and much more comprehensible. Your tutorials are truly edifying!
@TheTestedTutor
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Thank you Raining
@writebetterenglish2325
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Hi Phililp, mate! I prepped for the GRE for about two weeks by just using your videos and gave the test a year and half ago, and this vid just popped up on my "recommended" list here. Just feft like popping in! You had around 1K subs back then and waw, now it's around 45K, amazing mate! Hope all is well on your end!
@TheTestedTutor
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I remember you well abb! Your comments were invaluable. Thanks for popping back!
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@LizbethD
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Hi, which videos helped you? I would be very grateful if you can highlight the recommendation.
@unknownfromkashmir
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Yea , same query ; which specific videos helped you.
@santoshbhuskute2968
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What was your score if you don't mind?
All of your videos have helped me so much in my preparation. Your teaching pace and it's tranquility makes it so easy to grasp intricate topics quite well. Thank you very much!
@TheTestedTutor
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Great to hear Janmejay!
@SarthakThukralst
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Absolutely Love It Philip!
You're really an amazing professor..! Thanks for spreading your knowledge to others..!
@TheTestedTutor
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Thanks so much Anirudh!
@SarthakThukralst
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everything is perfect, synonyms, sentences, number of words.... thank you
This is absolutely great work!
This is really helpful!!! Thank you so much 🥰
You are an amazing teacher! Thank you for the content. Appreciate it a lot ❤
Thank you so much for this great effort to help us......You are really awesome tutor
I am start watching this video for the second round. It’s impeccable! Thank you.
@writebetterenglish2325
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Thanks for doing this!
I was already dreading the journals I had to go through on a daily basis like The Atlantic, Scientific Daily, the Economist, and the vocabulary book, which takes up so much time. Thanks a ton, sire!
@TheTestedTutor
3 жыл бұрын
That means a lot shagun, glad I could help. Still worth reading though!
@SarthakThukralst
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Thank you so much for your amazing videos. Your vocab videos have made my learning new words easier and enjoyable. I'm really baffled by the people who dislike your videos though.
@TheTestedTutor
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Halima
Many thanks, my professional and kind tutor❤
Thanks for the video sir it's stupendous! The pase and the synonyms.Thank you
Interestingly, I just learned another meaning of the word 'supine'. I only knew that it meant lying down facing up. Now I know that it also means failure to act as a result of moral weakness. Thanks Philip for this amazing video. I think adding mnemonics will go a long way in helping one remember the meaning of each word.
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During the period of last few days of preparation for GRE on youtube, I came across your channel. It has benefited me immensely both in verbal and quant. Tomorrow is my test day. Wish me good luck.
@unpeudevin3837
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Good luck!
@malikakhinit6464
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how did you do?
@albrestevez
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How was the new version? Any feed backs? We would appreciate it.
VERY HELPFUL!! Gracias❤🎉
I love the long vocabulary list, even at 3 hours I can start, stop and continue until the end at my convenience. Context is helpful, synonyms are helpful, and picture of also maybe a clue on how to remember words is helpful!
@SarthakThukralst
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Thank you for your work. This is really good!
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I really prefer the vocabulary list should be mentioned in one single video and it is quite helpful. I have seen all of your videos and they are no more than a hidden treasure. The only thing I would like to see is the pneumonics for the common gre words. Thank you
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This man is great.. And hard working.. He makes video.. And It's all free.. And like he said, he made a dozens of vocab video. So most probably if you continue following this page.. You will learn... no doubt
@TheTestedTutor
2 жыл бұрын
Lovely comment, almost a poem! Thanks Asifur!
@mdasifurrahmanbhuiyan359
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Haha.. Thanks man.❤❤
your voice is so calming
great work. Thankyou
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It was perfect! thank you!
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thanks a ton!
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@TheTestedTutor
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Thanks!
Thanks!
Well appreciable content dear brother 😊i haven't seen such a didactic tutor like u..keep going like this
@TheTestedTutor
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Thank you, I will
This video is so helpful, thank you so much! Would there be any chance for me to access the list please? I’d like to print it out to help me study.
I was literally thinking about saying that about "doff"... I only know about it because of my friend who is quite an older gentleman and he uses that word a lot in reference to boys behavior at school
You're an incredible professor.I really appreciate everything that you do thank you a trillion times sir, love from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳.
@TheTestedTutor
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Wow thank you Pavan and ever other Indian watching!
Thank you so much for this really helpful and precis video... I honestly didn't like that it was sooo long as it became soporific 😁 I dozed severally while listening but made sure I finished it 😅 My GRE exam is tomorrow 💃💃
Hi Philip, thanks for this. Please can you share the text file for this economist vocabulary list?
You are love 💕
These are great! One quick suggestion would be that when a word isn't a given phonetically that spelling it out would be helpful to those of us who are reviewing by listening and may not get a chance to glance at the screen on our phones\PCs.
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Thank you very much. Just a quick question. Since there are so many videos in your channel covering numerous vocabulary lists, could you sort the vocabulary lists from top most priority to lowest ? This would be very beneficial when preparing time is really tight.
@TheTestedTutor
2 жыл бұрын
Great idea de silva
Absolutely fruitful. Just as a tiny recommandation: please Bold the main Vocab in the list and put synonyms in different color ... The whole black white screen is less eye-attracting
@wahooooh
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Ohhh I don’t think he makes the lists. I think he finds them for us and just reads through them and gives helpful dialogue to go along with it. It would probably take too long to edit the lists. But maybe he will! He’s a smart guy so he’s probably always looking for ways to make his channel better.
@hampshire2821
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@@wahooooh I think some sort of program could just Bold the first word since it is kinda like a paragraph for each word
very nice content. where can I get pdf of this video?
Well I'm a bit confounded by some of the The Economist's definition choices (e.g. confound); otherwise, very great thank you!
Can you please give us a pdf of this list of words? It will be a great help.
Whoa philistine’s a word? 😮 I could be wrong, but I believe they were a group of people living in Canaan at least 6 thousand years ago! Pretty cool, not sure how it relates, but maybe I’ll find out!
@TheRockeyAllen
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That's where the word Palestine roots from
These videos are amazing. The only detail is the partisan approach. I am not american as well, so I quite don’t get the biased view regarding American politics, especially coming from someone so smart. There is so much more in politics than a superficial view of parties… other than that, best videos available.
@TheTestedTutor
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Thank you Jean. Can't recall I said anything untrue though?
@jeanvilbertpereira9233
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@@TheTestedTutor Uh, you kind of lose me a little in these parts. But one interesting point is when you mention that Republicans question polls and that they use this as an excuse. Well, unfortunately, polls were abysmally wrong in the last two American elections. We've been discussing this in class from a technical perspective: what are pollings doing wrong to be so out of the mark? In another video, you commented about the crazy anti-vaccine movement, which, by the way, was particularly prevalent among Democrats when Trump was pushing for the vaccine to be quickly developed. Anyway, it is just something you may consider, after all, I guess you are creating videos to reach as many people as possible... Keep up with your great work!
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Hi! Thanks for the amazing video! Can you recommend any podcasts that are good for increasing your vocab?
@TheTestedTutor
2 жыл бұрын
I listen to andrew huberman a lot, scientific but very informative
@babakkabiri2426
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@@TheTestedTutor I think you should do a video on lists of magazines, podcasts, non-fiction books that you recommend for people, in order to increase their vocab and be well versed in the reading sections.
@TheTestedTutor
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@@babakkabiri2426 I did a video on 'what I read' to check out!
There are so many word lists available for the GRE, I request you to kindly please recommend atleast a couple of the word lists which according to you would be most useful on the GRE.
@TheTestedTutor
3 жыл бұрын
This is the longest one I have done. But my playlist covers maybe 3000 words total.
Can you please tell if this list is enough to appear for the exam?
Can you please make a video on scale factors in geometry and ratios of similar figures?
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In the Lord of the Rings The Two Towers video game, the square button was the “PARRY” button. To defend against orcs and goblins. That’s how I remember the word!
@TheTestedTutor
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Nice one!
hey can i get this list in pdf format?
Strut= swagger, prance, parade Syncopation= Taunt= jeer, gibe, sneer( a remark in order to anger, wound someone Tawdry= gaudy, flashy, garnish Transgressions= an act that gies against a law, rule or code of conduct; sin, offense, crime Waft= pass or cause to pass easily or gently through or as if through the air; drift, float, glide " the acrid scent of smoke waft from his cloths" Whittle= reduce sth. in size, amount, or extent by a gradual series of steps; Erode, wear away, diminish Wry= using or expressing dry, especially movking humor; ironic, sardonic, satirical Droll= humorous Echelon= a level, or rank in an organization, a profession, or a society; level, rank grade Eddy= swirl, whirl, spiral, diminish Effigy= a sculpture or model if a person; stature, statuette,figure Endemic= local, regional Epistemology= study of knowledge(validity,scope, use) Fecade= face of the building; front, frontage, exterior Fetid= frownzy, reeking Florid= extravagant, grandiloquent. Foibles= a minor weakness; peccadillo, peculiarity, idiosyncratic Goad= provoke or annoy(someone) so as to stimulate some actions or reactions; spur, prod, egg on. Gouge= overcharge; swindle Grouse= complain pettily; grumble, moan, groan, protest Hapless= unlucky, luckless, out of luck Homage= special honor or respect shown to sb.; Tribute, admiration Imbue= saturate, fill, suffuse Impass= deadlock, dead end, stalemate Inculcate= instill by persistent instructions; imbue, infuse, inspire. Largesse= generosity in best working money or gift upon others; liberality, Bilk= swindle, defraud, deceit Canard= whisper, piece of gossip, an unfounded story. Cardinal= relating to body, friendly Catharsis= relief, release, purify, sanctify Cloture= ( in a legislation assembly) a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote. Renege= renounce, disavow Renegade= someone who defy believes or principle to go into other; proselyter Conscript= enlist(someone) compulsorily; draft, recruit, call up. Cosset= indulge, pander. Coterie= a small group of people with share interest or taste; clique, circle, inner circle. Deguerrotype= early type of photograph. Dilettante= dabbler, potteree, tinkerer, amateur. Diurnal= daily, in daytime. Dross= sth. Regarded as worthless; rubbish, junk, debris. Slag, Dyspeptic= of or having indigestion or consequent irritibility or depression; bad temper, short temper, iritable. Edify= educate, instruct, enlighten. Egress= the action of going out of or leaving a place.; Departure, exit, withdrawal. Ersatz= artificial, substitute, imitation, fake Erstwhile= former, old, past, onetime. Euphony= the quality of being pleasing to the ear; melodiousness, diculcate. Expiate= atone for(guilt or sin) make up for, make amends for. Fracas= a noisy departure or quarrel, scuffle, brawl, affray. Frieze= a broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration especially on a wall near the ceiling. Fusillade= a series of shots fired or missile thrown all at a time or in a quick succession; Salvo, volley, bombardment. Gaffe= an unintentionally act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator; blunder, mistake, error. Gerontocracy= .. ruled by old people. Idyll= (came from idyllic), an extreme happy, peaceful, or picturesque episode or scene. Ignoble= dishonorable, unworthy, base Impugn= dispute the truth, validity or honesty, challenge, calling in a question. Incise= mark or decorate(an object or surface) with a cut or a series of cut; engrave, etch, carve. Incubus= a cause if distress or anxiety; Larceny= theft of a personal property; robbing, plunder, pauper. Milquetoast= meek, shy Maelstrom= a situation or state of confused movement or violet turmoil; turbulence, tumult, turmoil, welter. Magnate= a wealth and influential businessman or businesswomen. Industrious, tycoon Monolithic= large, powerful, and intractable indivisible and uniform: inflexible, rigid, unbending. Munificent= generous, bountiful, lavish, handsome. Nostrum= a pet scheme or favorite remedy, especially one for bringing about some social or political reform or improvement; cure, prescription, answer. Pastiche= an artistic work consisting of a medley of pieces taken from various sources; mixture, blend, medley. ; Both enjoyed producing small article and pastiches, she for the college maganize. Phalanx= a body troop or police officers standing or moving in a close formation. Pique= a feeling of irritation or resentment resulting from a slight.; Annoyance, displeasure, indignation. Polemic= diatribe, invective. Quiescence= latency, fallow, inertia, inactivity. Quixotic= unrealistic, impractical, romantic. Reconteur= storyteller, spinner of yarns. Redress= remedy or compensation for a wrong doing or grievance; reparation, restitution, recompense. Repast= feast, banquet, a meal day. Ribald= bawdy, indecent, risque, vulgur, prurient. Semantic= realating to meaning in language or logic; lingual, semiological. Rococo=
Hello, I just started watching your videos. I found videos very helpful. I may have missed video but I really want you to tell us about study plan. I mean to say if I am going to appear for exam within 2 months, the sequence of topics to study from Day 1. I hope you are understanding what I am trying to say and you will surely help us. Please write back soon.
@TheTestedTutor
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Hey Harshada, I made a study plan video if you search for it on my channel. Glad to have you along!
@harshadakurumkar9818
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@@TheTestedTutor Yes, Perfect! I found it, Thank you so much:)
A wise old prune once told me quality vs quality matter when studying for GRE ( or most things in life fir that matter ) I’m trying to shoot for words that at are most likely to appear in the test than spending hours on unlikely words … what are your thoughts in this Philip? There are many “ high frequency words “ material out there .. but are they ? How many in this list have actually appeared in the GRE ? Respectfully , subscriber
@TheTestedTutor
3 жыл бұрын
In my opinion there are between 5000-10,000 higher level words that could come up, before it gets too abstruse. Even my whole playlist covers maybe only 2000-3000 unique higher level words total. The key thing is improving your vocabulary, if necessary through repetition. Then GRE performance is a nice bonus. Realistically most students add around 100-500 words before the exam. But they might stay with you for life, even if only 5 come up on the test. These videos focus on the _most_ likely words to help you spend time efficiently. Hope that helps Cardi
Would be grateful if someone can share the PDF link
It's very helpful. My exam is in 10days, do you have any last moment suggestions?
@TheTestedTutor
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Israt, how did it go?
@isratsharmin3931
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheTestedTutor It went good enough I guess. I got 160 in Quant and 152 in verbal; which fortunately met my university's requirement criteria!! Your tutorials came in extremely handy and I'm grateful that I came across your channel!!
@EverythingTechWithMustafa
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@@isratsharmin3931 how many months did you prepare ? what all resources did you use for preparation?
Do you recommend keeping a notebook for the new words?
@TheTestedTutor
2 жыл бұрын
Yes defo!
How can we get the pdf list of these words?
Where can i find the pdf of this list?
Um Im not really sure if torrid means what's been shared in the video. I belive it means passionate?
Would you please provide pdf of these words?
10:26 my bookmark
Doff and don ppe in healthcare settings
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Doff and don are antonyms meaning take off and put on. Lol like off and on.
@TheTestedTutor
2 жыл бұрын
Nice
Dear Tutor,where can we get the file presented? Thx a lot for your work!
@abdullahalmamun158
2 жыл бұрын
Could you please share your gmail? I can send you pdf that I have already downloaded.
@kshitijpatil4403
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@@abdullahalmamun158 Can you please send it to me asap
@ktdevasiakottoor9836
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@@abdullahalmamun158 can you send it to me as well please
@vickyguo6180
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@@abdullahalmamun158 can you send it to me too, please? 🙏
@khadijasonia5865
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@@abdullahalmamun158 could you please send it to me ?
Also, if you could recommend such non fiction books we should read for good vocab.
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to confound is to puzzle or confuse, isn't it?
can somebody plz mention how many words the list contains? if any one has counted?
How to download the PDF ???
50:51 ; level two
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Hey, how many months did it took by you to get such a stellar score?!
@TheTestedTutor
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@justkrishithings396
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@@TheTestedTutor days?!
@TheTestedTutor
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@@justkrishithings396 147 months, 18 days, 5 hours and 32 minutes
@justkrishithings396
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@@TheTestedTutor OMG, really for GRE!!
1:30:00
@writebetterenglish2325
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Are all these words enough for the GRE?
@TheTestedTutor
2 жыл бұрын
Should always learn more so no. Maybe my whole vocab playlist is though!
How many words?
Can you give link or in documents form all these words
@writebetterenglish2325
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2:10:00
@writebetterenglish2325
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Can I get this list?
@TheTestedTutor
7 ай бұрын
Yes, click the button that says play and wait a couple hours.
extol the benefits of this video😃
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goodvideo but would be better without the super leftist analogies. We get it you dislike conservatives
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