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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Most sacred; inviolable The brash insurance salesman invaded the ________ privacy of the office of the president of the company.






2. Unorthodox; unconventional To those who upheld the belief that the earth did not move - Galileo's theory that the earth circled the sun was disturbingly ________.






3. Reject; mock The headstrong youth ________ all authority; he refused to be curbed.






4. Unruly; rebellious The captain had to use force to quiet his ________ crew.






5. Uncorrectable Though Widow Douglass hoped to reform Huck - Miss Watson pronounced him ________le and said he would come to no good end.






6. Not native; strange Because of his ________ headdress - he was followed in the streets by small children who laughed at his strange appearance.






7. Praise All the ________(ies) of his friends could not remove the sting of the calumny heaped upon him by his enemies.






8. Endure the effects of weather or other forces. He ________ed the changes in his personal life with difficulty - as he had no one in whom to confide.






9. Abundance; wealth Foreigners are amazed by the ________ and luxury of the American way of life.






10. Color; aspect The aviary contained birds of every possible ________.






11. Delay in punishment; interval of relief; rest The judge granted the condemned man a ________ to enable his attorneys to file an appeal.






12. Critical comments; severe and adverse criticism His ________s on the author's style are prejudiced and unwarranted.






13. Secret; hidden; not public We do not care for ________ chamber of government.






14. Climb by crawling - She ________ed over the wall.






15. Violent; hasty; rash We tried to curb his ________ behavior because we felt that in his haste he might offend some people.






16. Extremely small The twins resembled one another closely; only ________ differences set them apart.






17. Businessperson; contractor Opponents of our present tax program argue that it discourages ________s from trying new fields of business activity.






18. Handle used to move the boat's rudder (to steer) Fearing the wind might shift suddenly and capsize the skiff - Tom kept one hand on the ________ at all times.






19. Disown; renounce claim to If I grant you this previlege - will you ________ all other rights?






20. In a state of rage The police had to be called in to restrain him after he ran ________ in the department store.






21. Plowed but sowed; uncultivated Farmers have learned that it is advisable to permit land to let ________ every few years.






22. Healthful Many people with hay fever move to more ________ sections of the country during the months of August and September.






23. Daydream; musing He was awakened from his ________ by the teacher's question.






24. Invigorating medicine The ________ water invigorated her - contrary to the enervating effect of the alcohol.






25. Without previous preparation Her listeners were amazed that such a thorough presentation could be made in an ________ speech.






26. Hint This came as a complete surprise to me as I did not have the slightest ________ of your plans.






27. Roll in; indulge in; become helpless. The hippopotamus loves to ________in the mud.






28. Urgent situation In this ________ - we must look for aid from our allies.






29. Preoccupation with physical comforts and things By its nature - ________ is opposed to idealism - for where the materialist emphasizes the needs of the body - the idealist emphasizes the needs of the soul.






30. Sign; omen; forewarning He regarded the black cloud as a ________ of evil.






31. Capable of being shaped by pounding Gold is a ________ metal.






32. Menacing; deadly Casting a ________ eye at his successful rival - the rejected suitor stole off - vowing to have his revenge.






33. Work laboriously; make slow painful progress You must ________ through 3500 words list in order to achieve a high score on GRE.






34. Pass into or through; penetrate (an organization) sneakily In order to ________ enemy lines at night without being seen - the scouts darkened their faces and wore black coveralls.






35. Profane; impious The people in the room were shocked by his his ________ language.






36. Disgustingly excessive His ________ praise of the dictator annoyed his listeners.






37. Father and ruler of a family or tribe In many primitive tribes - the leader and lawmaker was the ________.






38. Study of language The professor of ________ advocated the use of Esperanto as an international language.






39. Foil When the warden learned that several inmates were planning to escape - he took steps to ________ their attempt.






40. Give up; do without Determined to lose weight for the summer - Ida decided to ________ dessert until she could fit into a size eight again.






41. Acting without dialogue Because he worked in ________ - the clown could be understood wherever he appeared.






42. Unrefined; coarse His ________ remarks often embarrassed the women in the audience.






43. Ostentatious; ambitious I do not feel that your limited resources will permit you to carry out such a ________ program.






44. Secondary or minor occupation His hobby proved to be so fascinating and profitable that gradually he abandoned his regular occupation and concentrated on his ________.






45. Enthusiastic applause When Placido Domingo came on stage in the first act of La Boheme - he was greeted by a tremendous ________.






46. Beak; pen point The ________s of fountain pens often become clotted and corroded.






47. Pious phraseology; jargon of criminals - Angry that the president had slashed the education budget - we dismissed his speech on the importance of education as mere ________.






48. Winding; full of curves Because this road is so ________ - it is unwise to go faster than twenty miles an hour on it.






49. Lowered in rank; debased The ________ wretch spoke only of his past glories and honors.






50. Momentary; temporary; staying for a short time Lexy's joy at finding the perfect Christmas gift for Phil was ________; she still had to find presents for the cousins and Uncle Bob. Located near the airport - this hotel caters to the largely transient