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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Able to live both on land and in water Frogs are classified as ________.






2. Exact If you don't give me ________ directions and a map - I'll never find your place.






3. Atrocious; hatefully bad Hitler's ________ crimes will never be forgotten.






4. Pointed tool used for piercing She used an ________ to punch additional holes in the leather belt she had bought.






5. Unduly curious; prying; seeking knowledge We need more ________ students in this school; lectures are dull.






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 ________.






7. Solemn curse; someone or something that is despised He heaped ________ upon his foe.






8. Druggist In Holland - ________(ies) still sell spices as well as ointments and pills.






9. Slavery; compulsory labor Born a slave - Douglass resented his wife of ________ and plotted to escape to the North.






10. Stir up anger; cause retaliation In order to prevent a sudden outbreak of hostilities - we must not ________ our foe.






11. Pertaining to the moon ________ craters can be plainly seen with the aid of a small telescope.






12. Sleight of hand The magician demonstrated his renowned ________.






13. Knickknack; bauble Whenever she traveled abroad - Ethel would pick up costume jewelry and other ________s as souvenirs.






14. Grisly People screamed when her ________ appearance was flashed on the screen.






15. Manner of walking or running; speed The lame man walked with an uneven ________.






16. Give an imitation that ridicules - In his caricature - he ________d the mannerisms of his adversary.






17. Fragments Ten years after World War II - some of the ________ left by enemy bombings could still be seen.






18. Someone easily fooled While the gullible Watson often was made a ________ by unscrupulous parties - Sherlock Holmes was far more difficult to fool.






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.






20. Incomplete In this issue we have published only a ________ list of contributors because we lack space to acknowledge everyone.






21. Secret code - Lacking his code book - the spy was unable to decode the message sent to him in ________.






22. Traditional; conservative in belief Faced with a problem - he preferred to take an ________ approach rather than shock anyone.






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.






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.






25. Worldly as opposed to spiritual He was concerned only with ________ matters - especially the daily stock market quotations.






26. Wasted away; gaunt After his long illness - he was pale and ________.






27. Right granted by authority The city issued a ________ to the company to operate surface transit lines on the streets for ninety-nine years.






28. Shrink back; flinch. The screech of the chalk on the blackboard made her ________.






29. Shut; close A blood clot ________d an artery to the heart.






30. Confuse; upset; embarrass The lawyer was ________ed by the evidence produced by her adversary.






31. Urge The evangelist will ________ all sinners in his audience to reform.






32. Expand In the dark - the pupils of your eyes ________.






33. Map-maker - Though not a professional ________ - Tolkien was able to construct a map of the fictional world.






34. Confer He wished to ________ great honors upon the hero.






35. Corruption; wickedness The ________ of the tyrant's behavior shocked us all.






36. Suffering from indigestion; irritable His ________ temperament was apparent to all who heard him rant about his difficulties.






37. Nearsighted In thinking only of your present needs and ignoring the future - you are being rather ________.






38. Grow well; prosper; make sweeping gestures The orange trees ________ed in the sun.






39. Determined;stubborn Les Miserables tells of Inspector Javert's long - ________ pursuit of the criminal Jean Valjean.






40. Habitually silent; talking a little New Englanders are reputedly ________ people.






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.






42. Treasury He had been Chancellor of the ________ before his promotion to the office he now holds.






43. Consecrate The prophet Samuel ________ed David with oil - crowning him king of Israel.






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






45. Bully; intimidate Billy resisted Ted's attempts to ________ him into handing over his lunch money.






46. Blessing; benefit The recent rains that filled our empty reservoirs were a ________ to the whole community.






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.






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.






49. Division; partition; separation The ________ of church and state is a basic principle of our government.






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.