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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Think over ________ on this problem; the solution will come.






2. Rebound; reverberation; reaction I am afraid that this event will have serious ________s.






3. Intensely cold Alaska is in the ________ zone.






4. Dull; monotonous After years of adventure - he could not settle down to a ________ existence.






5. Renounce upon oath He ________d his allegiance to the king.






6. Slanting; deviating from the perpendicular or from a straight line The sergeant ordered the men to march "________ right."






7. Gift giver; patron Scrooge later became Tiny Tim's ________ and gave him a benediction.






8. Fair; impartial I am seeking an ________ solution to this dispute - one which will be fair and acceptable to both sides.






9. Substitute For a fatherless child - a male teacher may become a father ________.






10. Place of spiritual expiation In this ________ - he could expect no help from his comrades.






11. Boasted; bragged; highly publicized This much ________ project proved a disappointment when it collapsed.






12. Tranquillity He was impressed by the air of ________ and peace that pervaded the valley.






13. Clamorous; noisy The crowd grew vociferous in its anger and threatened to take the law into its own hands.






14. Smooth and shining I want this photograph printed on ________ paper - not matte.






15. Novel; unparalleled Margaret Mitchell's book Gone with the Wind was an ________ success.






16. Occurring again and again These ________ attacks disturbed us and we consulted a physician.






17. Huge; enormous The ________ wrestler was terrified of mice.






18. Construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically I must give this paper a failing mark because it contains many ________s.






19. Having a show of truth but open to doubt; specious Even though your argument is ________ - I still would like to have more proof.






20. Sham; not genuine; inferior You will never get the public to buy such ________ material.






21. Untarnished I am happy that my reputation is ________.






22. Tear or rip; split The conflict over abortion threatens to split our nation - creating a ________ in the social fabric that will be difficult to mend.






23. Nonentity; worthless person or thing - She claimed her ex-husband was a total ________ and wondered why she had ever married him.






24. Bring upon oneself His parents refused to pay any future debts he might ________.






25. Brilliant; lustrous The toreador wore a ________ costume called a suit of lights.






26. Corrupt; make intemperate A vicious newspaper can ________ public ideals.






27. Reject; mock The headstrong youth ________ all authority; he refused to be curbed.






28. Pitiless The escaped convict was a dangerous and ________ murderer.






29. Concerning trade I am more interested in the opportunites available in the ________ field than I am in those in the legal profession.






30. Businessperson; contractor Opponents of our present tax program argue that it discourages ________s from trying new fields of business activity.






31. Arrogant; taking liberties It seems ________ for one so relatively new to the field to challenge the conclusions of its leading experts.






32. Erase; strike out If you ________ this paragraph - the composition will have more appeal.






33. Endure the effects of weather or other forces. He ________ed the changes in his personal life with difficulty - as he had no one in whom to confide.






34. Impermanence Conscious that all things pass - the psalmist relates the ________ of happiness and fame.






35. Skip; leap playfully Watching children ________ing in the park is a pleasant experience






36. Neat; skillful The ________ waiter uncorked the champagne without spilling a drop.






37. Winemaker; seller of wine The poet wondered what the ________s could buy that would be half as precious as the wine they sold.






38. Deliver officially; entrust; set apart The court ________d the child to her paternal grandmother's care.






39. Drunken revel - The party degenerated into an ugly ________.






40. Draw out by discussion The detectives tried to ________ where he had hidden his loot.






41. Burn with hot iron or caustic - In order to prevent infection - the doctor ________d the wound.






42. Clear A ________ stream ran through his property.






43. Scold; reproach I must ________ him for his unruly behavior.






44. Defamatory; injurious to the good name of a person He sued the newspaper because of its ________ story.






45. Vex Johnny often ________ his mother with his pranks.






46. Capture; enslave From the moment he saw her picture - he was ________ed by her beauty.






47. Clear beef soup The cup of ________ served by the stewards was welcomed by those who had been chilled by the cold ocean breezes.






48. Implying a cause-and-effect relationship - The psychologist maintained there was a ________ relationship between the nature of one's early childhood experiences and one's adult personality.






49. Secret - After avoiding their chaperon - the lovers had a ________ meeting.






50. Disease communicator The doctors are looking for a specific medicine to control this ________.