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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Drunken revel - The party degenerated into an ugly ________.
vendor
spectrum
tipple
carousal
2. Showing hard work; taking great care The new high-frequency word list is the result of ________ efforts on the part of our research staff.
animosity
apiary
painstaking
burly
3. Distasteful; morally offensive People with ________ reputations should not be allowed to work with young children.
unsavory
besmirch
fallible
environ
4. 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.
levee
heterogeneous
affirmation
lionize
5. Outmoded "Hip" is an ________ expression; it went out with love beads and tie-dye shirts.
aver
quiver
refectory
obsolete
6. Excess; overabundance She offered a ________ of excuses for her shortcomings.
tenure
verity
astronomical
plethora
7. Staff officer assisting the commander; assistant Though Wellington delegated many tasks to his chief ________ - Lord Fitzroy Somerset - Somerset was in no doubt as to who made all major decisions.
trek
volatile
luxuriant
adjutant
8. Act of dissecting living animals The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals opposed ________ and deplored the practice of using animals in scientific experiments.
compress
vivisection
sedentary
obligatory
9. Pierce He was ________d by the spear hurled by his adversary.
mobile
impale
dour
debutante
10. Penitent Her ________ tears did not influence the judge when he imposed sentence.
embryonic
sporadic
contrite
amorous
11. Draw; outline; describe Parodoxically - the more realistic the details this artist chooses - the better able to ________ her fantastic - other- worldly landscapes.
thwart
enigmatic
limn
dossier
12. Selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources His style of interior decoration was ________: bits and pieces of furnishings from widely divergent periods - strikingly juxtaposed to create a unique color.
stint
harangue
waive
eclectic
13. 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.
incidence
imperial
expiate
stultify
14. Support; prop up - Just as architects buttress the walls of cathedrals with flying buttresses - debates ________ their arguments with facts.
potential
buttress
palliate
sycophant
15. Looking back on the past It is only when we become ________ that we can appreciate the tremendous advances made during this century.
whiff
disparity
retrospective
obnoxious
16. Sensitive; irascible Do not discuss this phase of the problem as he is very ________ about it.
decapitate
divest
touchy
fallow
17. Last demand; warning Since they have ignored our ________ - our only recourse is to declare war.
ultimatum
affinity
prolong
plagiarize
18. Unlikely occurrence; stroke of fortune When Douglass defeated Tyson for the heavyweight championship - some sportscasters dismissed his victory as a ________.
glossy
benevolent
fluke
outskirts
19. Pull; strain; twist. She _________ed free of her attacker and landed a powerful kick to his kneecap.
cauterize
resignation
prophylactic
wrench
20. Honor at a festival The returning hero was ________d at a community supper and dance.
proletarian
chaste
desultory
fete
21. Slang In the ________ of the underworld - she "was taken for a ride."
catechism
argot
beholden
recrimination
22. Beg persistently Democratic and Republican phone solicitors ________d her for contributions so frequently that she decided to give nothing to either party.
canny
tenacity
importune
adulation
23. To wind or turn in its course It is difficult to sail up this stream because of the way it ________s through the countryside.
meander
pacifist
abusive
turbulence
24. Without definite purpose - plan - or aim; haphazard Although the sponsor of the raffle claimed all winners were chosen at ________ - people had their suspicions when the grand prize went to the sponsor's brother-in-law.
drone
impediment
vogue
random
25. Projection; conjecture Based on their ________ from the results of the primaries on Super Tuesday - the networks predicted that George Bush would be the Republican candidate for the presidency.
extrapolation
somatic
rapacious
innate
26. Sing; babble. Every morning the birds ________d outside her window.
warble
invidious
aptitude
unfrock
27. Death Upon the ________ of the dictator - a bitter dispute about succession to power developed.
vagary
malleable
auspicious
demise
28. Complete; totally unlimited; certain Although the King of Siam was an ________ monarch - he did not want to behead his unfaithful wife without absolute evidence of her infidelity.
irrepressible
obloquy
stanch
absolute
29. Wandering; traveling He was an ________ peddler and traveled through Pennsylvania and Virginia selling his wares.
aromatic
itinerant
diversity
heretic
30. Trifle with; procrastinate Laertes told Ophelia that Hamlet could only ________ with her affections.
valor
torque
facile
dally
31. Question severely In violation of the Miranda law - the police ________ed the suspect for several hours before reading him his rights.
alienate
garish
implacable
grill
32. Conspicuous; notable; protruding Have you ever noticed that Prince Charles's ________ ears make him resemble the big-eared character in Mad comics?
circumlocution
prominent
synthesis
hirsute
33. Steep; overhasty This hill is difficult to climb because it is so ________; one slip - and our descent will be precipitous as well.
isthmus
asceptic
precipitous
transition
34. Bulky; large Despite her family burdens - she kept up a ________ correspondence with her friends.
facet
tenure
concoct
voluminous
35. Artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water In times of drought - this ________ enables farmers to obtain water for irrigation.
obtrusive
sluice
antecedents
lectern
36. Hard - inflexible He was ________ in his determination to punish the wrongdoer.
decapitate
aegis
adamant
dappled
37. Original work used as a model by others The crude typewriter on display in this museum is the ________ of the elaborate machines in use today.
slovenly
dregs
syllogism
prototype
38. Absorbing; engrossing The reviewer described Byatt's novel Possession as a ________ tale: absorbed in the story - he had finished it in a single evening.
riveting
dispatch
mace
coercion
39. Place side by side Comparison will be easier if you ________ the two objects.
intractable
temper
exploit
juxtapose
40. Combine; fuse The brooks ________ into one large river.
perdition
commensurate
reciprocate
coalesce
41. Funeral ceremony Hundreads paid their last respects at his ________(ies).
postulate
obsequy
sedate
die
42. Marked by changes in fortune - During his ________ career he had lived in palatial mansions and in dreary boardinghouses.
vixen
checkered
nib
enhance
43. Subordinate; secondary This information may be used as ________ evidence but is not sufficient by itself to prove your argument.
antithesis
ruminate
meretricious
subsidiary
44. Ornament a metal surface by indenting - With his hammer - he carefully ________d an intricate design onto the surface of the chalice.
exemplary
chase
virulent
indict
45. Harass; trouble Many problems ________ the American public school system.
beset
ribald
dorsal
vacuous
46. Scandinavian myth; any legend This is a ________ of the sea and the men who risk their lives on it.
chicanery
propound
saga
relinquish
47. Be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline Not only grandmothers bore you with stories about their brilliant grandchildren; grandfathers ________ on the littel rascals - too.
cardinal
abdicate
optional
dote
48. Blunt; stupid Because he was so ________ - he could not follow the teacher's reasoning and asked foolish questions.
recant
obtuse
nurture
fusion
49. Doctor who treats ailments of the feet He consulted a ________ about his fallen arches.
terminate
podiatrist
tremulous
conclave
50. Exposure to death or danger Legally - one cannot be placed in double ________.
papyrus
grandiloquent
jeopardy
simper
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