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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Able to live both on land and in water Frogs are classified as ________.
concise
servitude
amphibian
aperture
2. Exact If you don't give me ________ directions and a map - I'll never find your place.
precise
oscillate
proclivity
steadfast
3. Atrocious; hatefully bad Hitler's ________ crimes will never be forgotten.
incantation
connubial
heinous
monolithic
4. Pointed tool used for piercing She used an ________ to punch additional holes in the leather belt she had bought.
awl
forte
lexicon
inexorable
5. Unduly curious; prying; seeking knowledge We need more ________ students in this school; lectures are dull.
salacious
inquisitive
extort
compensatory
6. Comic misuse of a word When Mrs. Malaprop criticizes Lydia for being "as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile -" she confuses "allegory" and "allegator" in a typical ________.
malapropism
odyssey
explicate
gerontocracy
7. Solemn curse; someone or something that is despised He heaped ________ upon his foe.
consanguinity
anathema
timbre
endue
8. Druggist In Holland - ________(ies) still sell spices as well as ointments and pills.
vortex
jaunt
apothecary
vendor
9. Slavery; compulsory labor Born a slave - Douglass resented his wife of ________ and plotted to escape to the North.
bequeath
propitiate
servitude
lethargic
10. Stir up anger; cause retaliation In order to prevent a sudden outbreak of hostilities - we must not ________ our foe.
squander
provoke
dissemble
quip
11. Pertaining to the moon ________ craters can be plainly seen with the aid of a small telescope.
verbatim
lunar
usurp
loiter
12. Sleight of hand The magician demonstrated his renowned ________.
prototype
panacea
legerdemain
plummet
13. Knickknack; bauble Whenever she traveled abroad - Ethel would pick up costume jewelry and other ________s as souvenirs.
trinket
dissipate
serpentine
celibate
14. Grisly People screamed when her ________ appearance was flashed on the screen.
mauve
gruesome
cleft
belittle
15. Manner of walking or running; speed The lame man walked with an uneven ________.
gait
gratify
unction
placid
16. Give an imitation that ridicules - In his caricature - he ________d the mannerisms of his adversary.
tribunal
hiatus
awry
burlesque
17. Fragments Ten years after World War II - some of the ________ left by enemy bombings could still be seen.
adamant
quarry
salvage
rubble
18. Someone easily fooled While the gullible Watson often was made a ________ by unscrupulous parties - Sherlock Holmes was far more difficult to fool.
disinter
prodigy
dupe
choleric
19. Thoroughly examine the condition of and repair if necessary It is necessary for the engineers of NASA to ________ the rocket everyday; otherwise - an incident similar to that of Challenger accident might happen.
proscribe
monumental
bugaboo
overhaul
20. Incomplete In this issue we have published only a ________ list of contributors because we lack space to acknowledge everyone.
provident
problematic
forswear
partial
21. Secret code - Lacking his code book - the spy was unable to decode the message sent to him in ________.
cipher
unassuaged
denouement
brindled
22. Traditional; conservative in belief Faced with a problem - he preferred to take an ________ approach rather than shock anyone.
egoism
orthography
orthodox
dilute
23. Set of bells capable of being played - The carillon in the bell tower of the Coca-Cola pavilion at the New York World's Fair provided musical entertainment every hour.
awe
asinine
carillon
placid
24. Something taken for granted; the taking over or taking possession of The young princess made the foolish ________ that the regent would not object to her Assumption of power.
manipulate
assumption
pugnacious
wastrel
25. Worldly as opposed to spiritual He was concerned only with ________ matters - especially the daily stock market quotations.
paradigm
mundane
claustrophobia
sepulcher
26. Wasted away; gaunt After his long illness - he was pale and ________.
untoward
glaze
retiring
haggard
27. Right granted by authority The city issued a ________ to the company to operate surface transit lines on the streets for ninety-nine years.
pied
ribald
franchise
abet
28. Shrink back; flinch. The screech of the chalk on the blackboard made her ________.
excerpt
wince
moratorium
hatch
29. Shut; close A blood clot ________d an artery to the heart.
gloss
filibuster
maelstrom
occlude
30. Confuse; upset; embarrass The lawyer was ________ed by the evidence produced by her adversary.
disconcert
tangible
emendation
alchemy
31. Urge The evangelist will ________ all sinners in his audience to reform.
exhort
bombast
decrepitude
unruly
32. Expand In the dark - the pupils of your eyes ________.
reverie
mayhem
dilate
euthanasia
33. Map-maker - Though not a professional ________ - Tolkien was able to construct a map of the fictional world.
cartographer
luscious
check
melee
34. Confer He wished to ________ great honors upon the hero.
molt
bestow
squander
relic
35. Corruption; wickedness The ________ of the tyrant's behavior shocked us all.
panacea
depravity
ordeal
virus
36. Suffering from indigestion; irritable His ________ temperament was apparent to all who heard him rant about his difficulties.
bilious
gnarled
somnolent
fester
37. Nearsighted In thinking only of your present needs and ignoring the future - you are being rather ________.
imponderable
maternal
myopic
insuperable
38. Grow well; prosper; make sweeping gestures The orange trees ________ed in the sun.
dilemma
flourish
flippancy
yield
39. Determined;stubborn Les Miserables tells of Inspector Javert's long - ________ pursuit of the criminal Jean Valjean.
dogged
vintner
relevant
tantrum
40. Habitually silent; talking a little New Englanders are reputedly ________ people.
cataract
taciturn
cascade
pillage
41. Deification; glorification The Roman empress Livia envied the late emperor his ________; she hoped that on her death she - too - would be exalted to the rank of a god.
disgruntle
whelp
recourse
apotheosis
42. Treasury He had been Chancellor of the ________ before his promotion to the office he now holds.
flay
exchequer
implement
substantiate
43. Consecrate The prophet Samuel ________ed David with oil - crowning him king of Israel.
potent
anoint
propulsive
malleable
44. Place of spiritual expiation In this ________ - he could expect no help from his comrades.
purgatory
appurtenances
expository
striated
45. Bully; intimidate Billy resisted Ted's attempts to ________ him into handing over his lunch money.
obfuscate
browbeat
stricture
disjointed
46. Blessing; benefit The recent rains that filled our empty reservoirs were a ________ to the whole community.
levy
boon
gawk
beguile
47. Arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity The addition of a second tower will give this edifice the ________ that it now lacks.
symmetry
offhand
confluence
roster
48. Speediness; prompt execution; message sent with all due speed Young Napoleon defeated the enemy with all possible dispatch; he then sent a ________ to headquarters - informing his commander of the great victory.
rapacious
dispatch
belie
fluency
49. Division; partition; separation The ________ of church and state is a basic principle of our government.
dismember
amenities
severance
ferret
50. Perfect example or embodiment Singing "I am the very model of a modern Major-General" in The Pirates of Penzance - Major-General Stanley proclaimed himself the ________ of an officer and a gentleman.
supple
epitome
loathe
regatta