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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Small stream As the rains continued - the trickle of water running down the hillside grew into a ________ that threatened to wash away a portion of the slope.






2. Beat; thrash verbally or physically It was painful to watch the champion ________ his opponent - tearing into him mercilessly.






3. Pollute The sewage system of the city so ________d the water that swimming was forbidden.






4. Act as judge She was called upon to ________ the dispute between the union and the management.






5. Beg He ________d her to give him a second chance.






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






7. Fly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by Like a bee flitting from flower to flower - Rose ________ted from one boyfriend to the next.






8. Person unduly worried about his health; worrier without cause about illness The doctor prescribed chocolate pills for his patient who was a ________.






9. Correction of errors; improvement Please initial all the ________s you have made in this contract.






10. Exalted; noble; uplifting Mother Teresa has been honored for her ________ deeds.






11. Imitate or mimic He was suspended for a week because he had ________d the principal in front of the whole school.






12. Beauty; comeliness I do not envy the judges who have to select this year's Miss America from this collection of female ________.






13. Fashionable She always discarded all garments that were no longer ________.






14. Like an emperor; related to an empire When hotel owner Leona Helmsley appeared in ads as Queen Leona standing guard over the Palace Hotel - her critics mocked her ________ fancies.






15. Not influenced by emotions; fair Even though he was her son - she tried to be ________ about his behavior.






16. Modest; shy Given Susan't ________ personality - no one expected her to take up public speaking; surprisingly enough - she became a star of the school debate team.






17. Enthusiastic applause When Placido Domingo came on stage in the first act of La Boheme - he was greeted by a tremendous ________.






18. Bloody The battle of lwo Jina was unexpectedly ________ with many casualties.






19. Pompous array of words After we had waded through all the ________ - we discovered that the writer had said very little.






20. Infallibility Jane refused to believe in the pope's ________ - reasoning: "All human beings are capable of error. The pope is a human being. Therefore - he pope is capable of error.






21. Repugnance; dislike I cannot express the ________ I feel at your heinous actions.






22. Pretend; conceal by feigning She tried to ________ her grief by her exuberant attitude.






23. Very precise and formal; exceedingly proper Many people commented on the contrast between the ________ attire of the young lady and the inappropriate clothing worn by her escort.






24. Be thrifty; set limits "Spare no expense -" the bride's father said - refusing to ________ on the wedding arrangements.






25. Quality of being deeply moving; keenness of emotion Watching the tearful reunion of the long-separated mother and child - the social worker was touched by the ________ of the scene.






26. Heavy substance used to add stability or weight The ship was listing badly to one side; it was necessary to shift the ________ in the hold to get her back on an even keel.






27. Bestow courtesies with a superior air The king ________ed to grant an audience to the friends of the condemned man.






28. Laziness Such ________ in a young person is deplorable; go to work!






29. Science of preparing and serving good food One of the by-products of his trip to Europe was his interest in ________; he enjoyed preparing and serving foreign dishes to his friends.






30. Extremely poor The costs of the father's illness left the family ________.






31. Support; act superior toward Experts in a field sometimes appear to ________ people who are less knowledgeable of the subject.






32. Pertaining to the brain or intellect - The content of philosophical works is ________ in nature and requires much thought.






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






34. Conceited person A ________ is his own best friend.






35. Fall back or sink again The economy ________d into a depression from the peak.






36. Hot-tempered - His flushed - angry face indicated a ________ nature.






37. Fortress - The ________ overlooked the city like a protecting angel.






38. Murmur or grumble The child ________ed at the doll.






39. Petty criticism; fault-finding - Welcoming constructive criticism - Lexy appreciated her editor's comments - finding them free of ________.






40. Layer of earth's surface; layer of society Unless we alleviate conditions in the lowest ________ of our society - we may expect grumbling and revolt.






41. Violate; desecrate Tourists are urged not to ________ the sanctity of holy places by wearing improper garb.






42. Lie Some people believe that to ________ in a good cause is justifiable and regard the statement as a "white lie."






43. Conciseness ________ is essential when you send a telegram or cablegram; you are charged for every word.






44. Work Although many critics hailed his Fifth Symphony - he did not regard it as his major ________.






45. Pouring forth; gushing Her ________ manner of greeting her friends finally began to irritate them.






46. Active enmity He incurred the ________ of the ruling class because he advocated limitations of their power.






47. Waterspout carved in groteque figures on a building The ________s adorning the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris are amusing in their grotesqueness.






48. Physician specializing in delivery of babies Unlike midwives - who care for women giving birth at home - ________s generally work in a hospital setting.






49. Report; record (in chronological order) - The gossip columnist was paid to ________ the latest escapades of the socially prominent celebrities.






50. Stare foolishly; look in open-mouthed awe The country boy ________ed at the skyscrapers and neon lights of the big city.