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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Pertaining to drama Her success in the school play convinced her she was destined for a ________ career.
cleave
statutory
thespian
insensible
2. Characteristic of an entire class or species Sue knew so many computer programmers who spent their spare time playing fantasy games that she began to think that playing Dungeon & Dragons was a ________ trait.
generic
salubrious
usurp
realm
3. Assent; agree passively Although she appeared to ________ to her employer's suggestions - I could tell she had reservations about the changes he wanted made.
decoy
analgesic
inherent
acquiesce
4. Characterizing or affecting all; present everywhere At first - no one shared Christopher's opinions; his theory that the world was round was met with universal disdain.
universal
economy
optometrist
expatriate
5. Long life When he reached ninety - the old man was proud of his ________.
chaste
longevity
truculence
factitous
6. Cut down; economize If they were to be able to send their children to college - they would have to ________.
equanimity
mite
gorge
retrench
7. Rebellion; uprising Given the current state of affairs in South Africa - an ________ seems unavoidable.
queasy
insurrection
assessment
prescience
8. Various; several My suspicions were aroused when I read ________ items in the newspapers about your behavior.
sundry
insensate
tremor
languor
9. Sheer; like cobwebs Nylon can be woven into ________ or thick fabrics.
fulsome
affiliation
worldly
gossamer
10. Become popular with He tried to ________ himself into her parents' good graces.
patriarch
offhand
suffuse
ingratiate
11. Bleach; whiten Although age had ________ed his hair - he was still vigorous and energetic.
array
severance
conscientious
blanch
12. Bold Despite the dangerous nature of the undertaking - the ________ soldier volunteered for the assignment.
spruce
veracious
dauntless
profane
13. Custom; habitual procedure. As was his _________ - he jogged two miles every morning before going to work.
gratuitous
writ
dichotomy
wont
14. Belittle Do not ________ anyone's contribution; these little gifts add up to large sums.
meteoric
catechism
disparage
actuate
15. Capable of being stretched Mountain climbers must know the ________ strength of their ropes.
laity
tensile
chase
oaf
16. Scarcity The ________ of skilled labor compelled the employers to open trade schools.
dearth
accelerate
nostalgia
epitome
17. Denial; disclaiming His ________ of his part in the conspiracy was not believed by the jury.
attribute
disavowal
troth
pundit
18. Cower; lose heart He was afraid that he would ________ in the face of danger.
reprobation
flick
repertoire
quail
19. Flabby His sedentary life had left him with ________ muscles.
carcinogenic
simplistic
preposterous
flaccid
20. Body divided into ranks It was difficult to step out of one's place in this ________.
poignancy
goad
hierarchy
knavery
21. Supposed He is the ________ father of the child.
cajole
veer
reputed
grouse
22. 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.
catapult
aghast
embryonic
adjutant
23. 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.
recipient
vivisection
bilious
orthography
24. Sameness; consistency; monotony After a while - the ________ of TV situation comedies becomes boring.
panacea
uniformity
founder
iridescent
25. Conclusion of an oration The ________ was largely hortatory and brought the audience to its feet clamoring for action at its close.
welt
megalomania
stigma
peroration
26. Slightly obscure In ________ weather - you cannot see the top of this mountain.
methodical
lank
hazy
consonance
27. Ponder For a moment he ________d about the beauty of the scene - but his thought soon changed as he recalled his own personal problems.
muse
abstract
frugality
rant
28. Aversion; dislike His extreme ________ to dispute caused him to avoid argumentative discussions with his friends.
relapse
desperado
antipathy
elusive
29. Loosely connected Though he tried to follow the plot of Gravity's Rainbow - John found the novel too ________.
resuscitate
episodic
daunt
prodigy
30. Change; convert to something different He was unable to ________ his dreams into actualities.
pastoral
gratify
transmute
jaded
31. Distortion; burlesque - The caricatures he drew always emphasized personal weaknesses of the people he burlesqued.
founder
talisman
dissident
caricature
32. Masses of leaves Every autumn before the leaves fell he promised himself he would drive though the New England to admire the colorful fall ________.
compute
prude
foliage
verdant
33. Pertaining to passionate love The ________ passages in this novel should be removed as they are merely pornographic.
thrall
erotic
roseate
bolster
34. State of stubborn unwillingness to compromise The ________ of both parties in the dispute makes an early settlement almost impossible to obtain.
intransigence
ethereal
turbid
adorn
35. Paint or draw with dots Seurat carefully ________d dabs of pure color on the canvas - juxtaposing dots of blue and yellow that the viewer's eye would interpret as green.
stipple
swindler
irresolute
saga
36. Not practical or applied; hypothetical Bob was better at applied engineering and computer programming than he was at ________ physics and math. While I can still think of some theoretical objections to your plan - you've convinced me of its basic sou
theoretical
gusto
amble
guise
37. Pertaining to existence; pertaining to the philosophy of ________ism To the existential philosopher - human reason is inadequate to explain an irrational - meaningless universe.
existential
brochure
raconteur
extradition
38. Ash-colored; deadly pale Her face was ________ with fear.
ashen
xenophobia
nettle
palpitate
39. Apt; suitably expressed; well chosen He was famous for his ________ remarks and was called upon to serve as master-of-ceremonies at many banquet.
felicitous
fancied
flora
attenuate
40. Meeting The lovers kept their ________ even though they realized their danger.
fluctuation
tryst
inept
debris
41. Damnation; complete ruin Praying for salvation - young Daedalus feared he was damned to eternal ________.
languish
perdition
application
wrangle
42. Behaving like a slave; servile; obsequious He was proud and dignified; he refused to be ________ to anyone.
compact
attrition
mellifluous
subservient
43. Capture; enslave From the moment he saw her picture - he was ________ed by her beauty.
canker
dyspeptic
shunt
enthrall
44. Madly excited As soon as they smelled smoke - the ________ animals milled about in their cages.
conduit
berate
obstinate
frenzied
45. Abnormal; irregular He was placed in the ________ position of seeming to approve procedures that he despised.
concise
anomalous
solace
retraction
46. Conformity in fulfilling requirements; readiness to The design for the new school had to be in ________ with the local building code.
censor
pastiche
unsightly
compliance
47. Cause; produce To receive praise for real accomplishments ________s self-confidence in a child.
belabor
homespun
engender
metropolis
48. Slanderous remark Do not cast ________s on her character.
aspersion
oblivion
misogamy
demographic
49. Beyond that which is normal in nature John's mother's total ability to tell when he was lying struck him as almost ________.
lucrative
haggard
preternatural
quay
50. Discord Some contemporary musicians deliberately use ________ to achieve certain effects.
archetype
fluted
dissonance
pristine