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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Criminal We must try to bring these ________s to justice.
facile
malefactor
recourse
bilk
2. Attacking cherished traditions George Bernard Shaw's ________ plays often startled more conventional people.
emendation
diversity
inverse
iconoclastic
3. Change of form The ________ of caterpillar to butterfly is typical of many such changes in animal life.
metamorphosis
errant
auroral
slag
4. Immature; shallow Your ________ remarks are a sign of your youth and indicate that you have not given much thought to the problem.
saga
vernacular
ecclesiastic
sophomoric
5. Determine or seek opinions - votes - etc. - After ________ing the sentiments of his constituents - the congressman was confident that he represented the majority opinion of his district.
elaboration
warranty
titter
canvass
6. Tightly packed; firm; brief His short - ________ body was better suited to wrestling than to basketball.
coeval
ventral
compact
breadth
7. Student of the history and science of humankind ________s have discovered several relics of prehistoric humans in this area.
timidity
anthropologist
convention
hybrid
8. Revive The lifeguard tried to ________ the drowned child by applying artificial respiration.
resuscitate
prophylactic
fatuous
pulmonary
9. Doubt; challenge; gainsay I cannot ________ your honesty without evidence.
impugn
premonitory
illusory
impropriety
10. Easily nauseated; squeamish As the ship left the harbor - he became ________ and thought that he was going to suffer from seasickness.
satiate
queasy
politic
garrulity
11. New or newly coined word or phrase As we invent new techniques and professions - we must also invent ________ such as "microcomputer" and "astronaut" to describe them.
neologism
redolent
introvert
panegyric
12. Fall back or sink again The economy ________d into a depression from the peak.
relapse
effeminate
incantation
millenium
13. Suggest a meaning not expressed Even though your statement does not declare that you are at war with that country - your actions ________ that that is the actual situation.
imply
cerebral
cherubic
glossy
14. Pure; spotless The West Point cadets were ________ as they lined up for inspection.
saline
trivia
immaculate
squalid
15. Charm She wore the ________ to ward off evil.
talisman
kindle
beneficent
disgorge
16. Boisterous merrymaking New Year's Eve is a night of ________.
ethos
exculpate
pessimism
revelry
17. Headlong; rash Do not be ________ in this matter; investigate further.
precipitate
anonymity
prevalent
talisman
18. Gather; assemble Washington mustered his forces at Trenton.
pastoral
annotate
muster
offensive
19. Favoring or exercising total control; non-democratic The people had no control over their destiny; they were forced to obey the dictates of the ________ regime.
authoritarian
abortive
daub
blunder
20. Form of government of nation or state Our ________ should be devoted to the concept that the government should strive for the good of all citizens.
uncanny
overt
anomalous
polity
21. Fit for plowing The land was no longer ________; erosion had removed the valuable topsoil.
gorge
impermeable
static
arable
22. Social or moral custom; established practice Flying in the face of ________ - George Sand (Amandine Dudevant) shocked her contemporaries by taking lovers and wearing men's clothes.
convention
tryst
procrastinate
adverse
23. Vengeance; compensation; punishment for offenses The evangelist maintained that an angry deity would exact ________ from the sinners.
dauntless
retribution
continence
acuity
24. White with age The man was ________ and wrinkled when he was 70.
chary
succor
hoary
mitigate
25. Make numb; stun; amaze Disapproving of drugs in general - Laura refused to take sleeping pills or any other medicine that might ________ her.
replenish
stupefy
sagacious
appurtenances
26. Group of persons joined in political intrigue; cabal As soon as he learned of its existence - the dictator ordered the execution of all of the members of the ________.
conflagration
sunder
invincible
junta
27. All-powerful The monarch regarded himself as ________ and responsible to no one for his acts.
hardy
vent
repellent
omnipotent
28. Seller The fruit ________ sold her wares from a stall on the sidewalk.
vendor
subaltern
opalescent
circumscribe
29. Chew the cud; ponder We cannot afford to wait while you ________ upon these plans.
peccadillo
torso
burnish
ruminate
30. Drowsy; dull The stuffy room made her ________; she felt as if she was about to nod off.
disengage
causal
lethargic
relegate
31. Neigh like a horse. When he laughed through his nose - it sounded as if he ________(ied).
bane
whinny
pseudonym
incidental
32. Liable to err I know I am ________ - but I feel confident that I am right this time.
zany
ewe
fallible
rend
33. Untidy Your ________ appearance will hurt your chances in this interview.
spat
disheveled
piety
sinister
34. Infringe; touch; collide with How could they be married without ________ing on one another's freedom?
clarion
impinge
clairvoyant
pall
35. Freedom from narrow limitations I think you have permitted your son too much ________ in this matter.
latitude
hegemony
evanescent
defection
36. Physician specializing in delivery of babies Unlike midwives - who care for women giving birth at home - ________s generally work in a hospital setting.
acclivity
obstetrician
fluke
induce
37. Sift; separate good parts from bad. This test will _________ out the students who study from those who don't bother.
compilation
winnow
nirvana
spoonerism
38. Sleeping; lethargic; torpid Sometimes ________ talents in our friends surprise those of us who never realize how gifted our acquaintances really are.
quadruped
confluence
propulsive
dormant
39. Report; record (in chronological order) - The gossip columnist was paid to ________ the latest escapades of the socially prominent celebrities.
chronicle
sensual
discombobulated
ramification
40. Man owing small estate; middle-class farmer.It was not the aristocrat but the ________ who determined the nation's policies.
aversion
yeoman
ejaculation
flippancy
41. Raid The company staged a midnight ________ against the enemy outpost.
charlatan
extol
affable
foray
42. Amendment or clause added to a legislative bill Senator Foghorn said he would support Senator Filibuster's tax reform bill only if Filibuster agreed to add an antipollution ________ to the bill.
mire
roster
rider
hermetic
43. Shred; least bit You have not produced a ________ of evidence to support your argument.
reprimand
scintilla
brocade
throng
44. Private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy - At the opening of Congress the members of the Democratic Party held a ________ to elect the majority leader of the House and the party whip.
compress
clavicle
plummet
caucus
45. One who is introspective; inclined to think more about oneself In his poetry - he reveals that he is an ________ by his intense interest in his own problems.
tactile
mulct
intractable
introvert
46. Grow forth; send out buds - In the spring - the plants that ________ are a promise of the beauty that is to come.
burgeon
shard
alluvial
flux
47. Tending to overthrow; destructive At first glance - the notion that Styrofoam cups may actually be more ecologically sound than paper cups strikes most environmentalists as ________.
subversive
daunt
foil
malaise
48. Problem; choice of two unsatisfactory alternatives In this ________ - he knew no one to whom he could turn for advice.
perpetrate
epilogue
aureole
dilemma
49. Producing motion Designers of the electric automobile find that their greatest obstacle lies in the development of light and efficient storage batteries - the source of the ________ energy needed to propel the vehicle.
erode
recondite
kinetic
conglomeration
50. Pertaining to induction or preceeding from the specific to the general The discovery of the planet Pluto is an excellent example of the results that can be obtained from ________ reasoning.
inductive
paradox
bivouac
extradition