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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Claw of bird The falconer wore a leather gauntlet to avoid being clawed by the hawk's ________s.






2. Restrained; self-controlled Noted for his ________ appetite - he seldom gained weight.






3. Flat plain of mud or sand between branches of a river His dissertation discussed the effect of intermittent flooding on the fertility of the Nile ________.






4. Party; clique; dissension The quarrels and bickering of the two small ________s within the club disturbed the majority of the members.






5. Third He is so thorough that he analyzes ________ causes where other writers are content with primary and secondary reasons.






6. Iridescent The Ancient Mariner admired the ________ sheen on the water.






7. Home Althoughhis legal ________ was in New York City - his work kept him away from his residence for many years.






8. Brief and to the point Many of the characters portrayed by Clint Eastwood are ________ types: strong men of few words.






9. Complicated situation; perplexity; entanglement He was called in to settle the ________ but failed to bring harmony into the situation.






10. Generous; charitable His ________ nature prevented him from refusing any beggar who accosted him.






11. Flood; rush When we advertised the position - we received a ________ of applications.






12. Honor; tribute In her speech she tried to pay ________ to a great man.






13. Reckless outlaw Butch Cassidy was a bold ________ with a price on his head.






14. Entice; attract ________d by the song of the sirens - the helmsman steered the ship toward the reef.






15. Expedient; prudent; well devised Even though he was disappointed - he did not think it ________ to refuse the offer.






16. Charge in court; indict After his indictment by the Grand Jury - the accused man was ________ed in the County Criminal Court.






17. Insult; offend Accustomed to being treated with respect - Miss Challoner was ________ed by Vidal's offensive behavior.






18. Senility In his ________ - the old man bored us with long tales of events in his childhood.






19. The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the ________ of her feelings.






20. Thin - liquid porridge Our daily allotment of ________ made the meal not only monotonous but also unpalatable.






21. Model; example; pattern Pavlov's experiment in which he trains a dog to salivate on hearing a bell is a ________ of the conditioned- response experiment in behavioal psychology.






22. Beginning; forming of a idea At the first ________ of the work - he was consulted.






23. Limit; independent variable We need to define the ________s of the problem.






24. Vehicle; transfer During the transit strike - commuters used various kinds of ________s.






25. Examination of a dead body; postmortem The medical examiner ordered an ________ to determine the cause of death.






26. In utter disorder - He tried to bring order into the ________ state of affairs.






27. Reflection; thought She reached her decision only after much ________.






28. Related to monks Wanting to live a religious life - he took his ________ vows.






29. Young wolf - dog - tiger - etc. This collie ________ won't do for breeding - but he'd make a fine pet.






30. Grow well; prosper; make sweeping gestures The orange trees ________ed in the sun.






31. Sameness; consistency; monotony After a while - the ________ of TV situation comedies becomes boring.






32. Charmingly carefree; simple Far from the city - she led an ________ existence in her rural retreat.






33. Languish - decline; long for - yearn Though she tried to be happy living with Clara in the city - Heidi ________d for the mountains and for her gruff but loving grandfather.






34. Rebellion; uprising Given the current state of affairs in South Africa - an ________ seems unavoidable.






35. Publicize; praise excessively I lost confidence in my broker after he ________ed some junk bonds that turned out to be a bad investment.






36. Causing cancer - Many supposedly harmless substances have been revealed to be ________.






37. Hard - inflexible He was ________ in his determination to punish the wrongdoer.






38. Make hostile; separate Her attempts to ________ the two friends failed because they had complete faith in each other.






39. Drowsy; dull The stuffy room made her ________; she felt as if she was about to nod off.






40. Ungrateful person That ________ Bob sneered at the tie I gave him.






41. Untarnished I am happy that my reputation is ________.






42. Helpful; contributive Rest and proper diet are ________ to good health.






43. Corrosive; sarcastic Such ________ criticism is uncalled for.






44. Stronghold; something seen as a source of protection The villagers fortified the town hall - hoping this improvised ________ could protect them from the guerrila raids.






45. Dull; lacking color; cheerless The Dutch woman's ________ winter coat contrasted with the distinctive - colorful native costume she wore beneath it.






46. Urge; start; provoke I am afraid that this statement will ________ a revolt.






47. Narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land In a magnificent feat of engineering - Goethals and his men cut through the ________ of Panama in constructing the Panama Canal.






48. Most sacred; inviolable The brash insurance salesman invaded the ________ privacy of the office of the president of the company.






49. Slightly obscure In ________ weather - you cannot see the top of this mountain.






50. Cautious; careful A miser hoards money not because he is ________ but because he is greedy.