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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Courteous; faithful; brave - ________ behavior involves noble words and good deeds.






2. Claw of bird The falconer wore a leather gauntlet to avoid being clawed by the hawk's ________s.






3. Parti-colored; mixed The captain had gathered a ________ crew to sail the vessel.






4. Uprightness; wholeness Lincoln - whose personal ________ has inspired millions - fought a civil war to maintain the integrity of the republic - that these United States might remain undivided for all time.






5. Quack; pretender to knowledge - When they realized that the Wizard didn't know how to get them back to Kansas - Dorothy and her friends were sure they'd been duped by a ________.






6. Feeble - ineffective; unthinking - irresponsible Einstein was noted for his extraordinary inspirations; on the other hand - he was noted for being ________ in his daily chores.






7. Glance coquettishly at; make eyes at Sitting for hours at the sidewalk cafe - the old gentleman would ________ the young girls and recall his youthful romances.






8. Meanly stingy; parsimonious The ________ pittance the widow receives from the government cannot keep her from poverty.






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






10. Unwilling; reluctant; stingy We received only ________ support from the mayor despite his earlier promises of aid.






11. Beginning; in an early stage I will go to sleep early for I want to break an ________ cold.






12. Absence of governing body; state of disorder The assassination of the leaders led to a period of ________.






13. One who has adopted a different religion or opinion On his trip to Japan - though the President spoke at length about the merits of American automobiles - he made few ________s to his beliefs.






14. Blunt; stupid Because he was so ________ - he could not follow the teacher's reasoning and asked foolish questions.






15. Introverted; remote. Rebuffed by his colleagues - the initially outgoing young researcher became increasingly _________.






16. Weighty; unwieldy His humor lacked the light touch; his jokes were always ________.






17. Tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass - etc. - produce interesting symmetrical effects People found a new source of entertainment while peering through the ________; they found the ever-changing patterns






18. Sun's corona; halo Many medieval paintings depict saintly characters with ________ around their heads.






19. Higher mental powers He thought college would develop his ________.






20. Courting favor by cringing and flattering She was constantly surrounded by a group of ________ admirers who had hoped to win some favor.






21. Attribute; ascribe If I wished to ________ blame to the officers in charge of this program - I would state my feelings definitely and immediately.






22. Stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys; criterion What ________ can be used to measure the character of a person?






23. Speak evil of; defame Because of her hatred of the family - she ________s all who are friendly to them.






24. Infection Fearing ________ - they took drastic steps to prevent the spread of the disease.






25. Baffle; frustrate He felt that everyone was tying to ________ his plans and prevent his success.






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






27. A disorderly or untidy state After the New Year's party - the once orderly house was in total ________.






28. Insert between She talked so much that I could not ________ a single remark.






29. Protest; remonstrance Despite the teacher's scoldings and________s - the class remained unruly.






30. Mischievous child (usually a boy) Get out! This store is no place for grubby ________s!






31. Someone who can make his or her voice seem to come from another person or thing This ________ does an act in which she has a conversation with a wooden dummy.






32. Floor made of wood strips inlaid in a mosic-like pattern. In laying the floor - the carpenters combined redwood and oak in an elegant ________.






33. Stinging - caustic His tendency to utter ________ remarks alienated his audience.






34. A tendency to disbelief Your ________ in the face of all the evidence is hard to understand.






35. Acquit; exculpate I am sure this letter naming the actual culprit will ________ you.






36. Thousand-year period; period of happiness and prosperity I do not expect the ________ to come during my lifetime.






37. Front of the building The ________ of the church had often been photographed by tourists because it was more interesting than the rear.






38. Vigorously active; nimble She was eighty years old - yet still ________ and alert.






39. Trivial; shallow Since your report gave only a ________ analysis of the problem - I cannot give you more than a passing grade.






40. Lasting; surviving Keats believed in the ________ power of great art - which outlast its creator's brief lives.






41. Profligate. He was denounced as a ________ who had dissipated his inheritance.






42. Clothe; adorn She liked to watch her mother ________ herself in her finest clothes before going out for the evening.






43. Squabble; minor dispute What had started out as a mere ________ escalated into a full-blown argument.






44. Squander The young man quickly ________d his inheritance and was soon broke.






45. Confuse; mix up His thoughts were ________d and chaotic.






46. Turmoil; bewildering jumble. The existing ________ of overlapping federal and state proclaims cries out for immediate reform.






47. Breaking of contract or duty; fissure; gap They found a ________ in the enemy's fortifications and penetrated their lines.






48. Trifle with; procrastinate Laertes told Ophelia that Hamlet could only ________ with her affections.






49. Provide ofr the payment of Her employer offered to ________ the costs of her postgraduate education.






50. Causing plague; baneful People were afraid to explore the ________ swap.