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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Agree; accept It gives me great pleasure to ________ to your request.
temperate
pontifical
plutocracy
assent
2. Agreeable; pleasing to the taste Neither Jack's underbaked opinions nor his overcooked casseroles were ________ to me.
distill
pan
palatable
lambaste
3. Easy to approach; obtainable We asked our guide whether the ruins were ________ on foot.
accessible
unseemly
hydrophobia
askew
4. Throb We could see the blood vessels in his temple ________ as he became more angry.
minute
averse
pulsate
bloated
5. Offer as a sacrifice The tribal kind offered to ________ his daughter to quiet the angry gods.
immolate
reparation
turbulence
dissuade
6. Disregard Be prepared to ________ what he has to say about his ex-wife.
demeanor
fritter
beneficiary
discount
7. Positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath Despite Tom's ________ of innocence - Aunt Polly still suspected he had eaten the pie.
insensible
affirmation
ramble
gamely
8. Split - Erosion caused a ________ in the huge boulder.
aversion
progenitor
cleft
giddy
9. Supposed He is the ________ father of the child.
reputed
juncture
random
induce
10. False; counterfeit; forged; illogical The hero of Jonathan Gash's mystery novels is an antique dealer who gives the reader advice on how to tell ________ antiques from the real things.
sedulous
spurious
dismantle
blighted
11. Specialist in classifying (animals - etc.) Dental patterns often enable the ________ to distinguish members of one rodent species from those of another.
jargon
abortive
penumbra
taxonomist
12. Contemptuous; haughty I prefer Jill's modesty to Jack's ________ and arrogant attitude.
palliate
supercilious
temporize
austere
13. Needlessly repetitious In the sentence "It was visible to the eye -" the phrase "to the eye" is ________.
rotunda
tautological
premonitory
ancillary
14. Affectedly dainty Yum-Yum walked across the stage with ________ steps.
emollient
apothegm
mincing
idiosyncrasy
15. Cautious; careful A miser hoards money not because he is ________ but because he is greedy.
zeal
prudent
autonomous
sere
16. Entice; attract ________d by the song of the sirens - the helmsman steered the ship toward the reef.
analogous
allure
succumb
virtual
17. Transfer; yield title to - I intend to ________ this property to the city.
cede
append
domicile
raucous
18. Mouthlike opening; small opening The Howe Caverns were discovered when someone observed that a cold wind was issuing from an ________ in the hillside.
orifice
genteel
progenitor
secession
19. One who studies the skin and its diseases I advise you to consult a ________ about your acne.
dermatologist
imbroglio
viable
appease
20. Harmful Smoking cigarettes can be ________ to your health.
injurious
glutinous
potion
epic
21. Give up; do without Determined to lose weight for the summer - Ida decided to ________ dessert until she could fit into a size eight again.
trough
diminution
forgo
tanner
22. Idle person; male bee Content to let his wife support him - the would-be writer was in reality nothing but a ________.
invalidate
drone
conjugal
appal
23. Increase The new contract calls for a 10 percent ________in salary for each employee for the next two years.
longevity
increment
sleazy
suture
24. Induce; triumph over He tried to ________ on her to type his essays for him.
polemic
berserk
prevail
inception
25. Those of gentle birth; refinement Her family was proud of its ________ and elegance.
pall
agenda
gentility
halcyon
26. Pride; arrogance I resent his ________ because he is no better than we are.
personable
promiscuous
acidulous
haughtiness
27. Foretell; presage The king did not know what these omens might ________ and asked his soothsayers to interpret them.
portend
immobility
forestall
pragmatist
28. Become worse; deteriorate As the fight dragged on - the champion's style________ until he could barely keep on his feet.
sophist
degenerate
reciprocate
subaltern
29. Persuade; bring about After the quarrel - Tina said nothing could ________ her to talk to Tony again.
occident
skulduggery
bauble
induce
30. Confuse; puzzle No mystery could ________ Sherlock Holmes for long.
interregnum
garnish
confound
ordinance
31. Ruined because of neglect We felt that the ________ building needed several coats of paint.
profane
dilapidated
hindmost
commodious
32. Having an odor This variety of hybrid tea rose is more ________ than the one you have in your garden.
frenetic
homeostasis
ponderous
odorous
33. Given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for Quit making ________ comments about my driving; no one asked you for your opinion.
extort
bucolic
gratuitous
paltry
34. Separate; part Northern and southern Ireland are politically and religiously ________ed.
initiate
sunder
mawkish
complacent
35. Gather leavings After the crops had been harvested by the machines - the peasants were permitted to ________ the wheat left in the fields.
lampoon
founder
proxy
glean
36. Pacify; conciliate The teacher tried to ________ the angry mother.
dynamic
placate
chaffing
vignette
37. Noble ambition Youth's ________s should be as lofty as the stars.
aspiration
bawdy
homeostasis
factotum
38. Deeply established; firmly rooted Try as they would - the missionaries were unable to uproot the ________ superstitions of the natives.
ingrained
tout
drone
fraudulent
39. Deny; go back on He ________d on paying off his debt.
discomfit
celestial
renege
obeisance
40. Imagined; unreal You are resenting ________ insults. No one has ever said such things about you.
clamor
proponent
coincident
fancied
41. Retort; comeback; reply When someone has been rude to me - I find it particularly satisfying to come up with a quick ________.
ingrained
cohorts
rejoinder
dissuade
42. Refutation; response with contrary evidence The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her ________.
extort
rebuttal
subliminal
gratify
43. Disloyal Once the most loyal of Gorbachev's supporters - Shverdnaze found himself becoming increasingly ________.
marsupial
impiety
disaffected
deranged
44. Combining parts into a whole Now that we have succeeded in isolating this drug - our next problem is to plan its ________ in the laboratory.
spawn
synthesis
libertine
stipend
45. Provide with some quality; endow He was ________d with a lion's courage.
firebrand
ominous
endue
rift
46. Forgetfulness Her work had fallen into a state of ________; no one bothered to read them.
venial
clarion
manacle
oblivion
47. Secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place We set the post in concrete to ________ it in place.
august
voracious
perdition
anchor
48. Merry Santa Claus is always vivacious and ________.
jocund
comeuppance
resumption
ramp
49. Beggar From the moment we left the ship - we were surrounded by ________s and peddlers.
mendicant
titter
incidental
welt
50. Informal discussion I enjoy our ________(ies) but I sometimes wish that they could be made more formal and more searching.
nomadic
colloquy
subservient
apparition