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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Touchy; peevish The feverish patient was ________ and restless.






2. Gloomy Do not be misled by his ________ countenance; he is not as gloomy as he looks.






3. Lounge about They ________ed around in their chairs watching television.






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






5. Radiating; departing from the center - Many automatic drying machines remove excess moisture from clothing by ________ force.






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






7. Sum; total The ________ wealth of this country is staggering to the imagination.






8. Lament with music The funeral ________ stirred us to tears.






9. Deification; glorification The Roman empress Livia envied the late emperor his ________; she hoped that on her death she - too - would be exalted to the rank of a god.






10. Stick out His fingers ________d from the holes in his gloves.






11. Like a fox; crafty She disliked his sly ways - but granted him a certain ________ intelligence.






12. Poke; stir up; urge If you ________ him hard enough - he'll eventually clean his room.






13. Dining hall In this huge ________ - we can feed the entire student body at one sitting.






14. Food of the gods ________ was supposed to give immortality to any human who ate it.






15. Abundance; completeness Looking in the pantry - we admired the ________ of fruits and pickles we had preserved during the summer.






16. Gaudy She wore a ________ rhinestone necklace.






17. Meager; insufficient Thinking his helping of food was ________ - Oliver Twist asked for more.






18. Point directly overhead in the sky; summit.When the sun was at its _________ - the glare was not as strong as at sunrise and sunset.






19. Foul; rotten; decayed The gangrenous condition of the wound was indicated by the ________ smell when the bandages were removed.






20. Relentless; unyielding; implacable After listening to the pleas for clemency - the judge was ________ and gave the convicted man the maximum punishment allowed by law.






21. Fragrant; odorous; suggestive of an odor Even though it is February - the air is ________ of spring.






22. Joyous; celebratory Their wedding in the park was a ________ occasion.






23. Warm by rubbing - The collar ________d his neck.






24. Society ruled by the wealthy From the way the government caters to the rich - you might think our society is a ________ rather than a democracy.






25. Reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises While Watson was a man of average intelligence - Holmes was a genius - whose gift for ________ made him a superb detective.






26. Not active; acted upon Mahatma Gandhi urged his followers to pursue a program of ________ resistance as he felt that it was more effective than violence and acts of terrorism.






27. Denial I must accept his argument since you have been unable to present any ________ of his evidence.






28. Traitor who aids invaders In his conquest of Europe - Hitler was aided by the ________s who betrayed their own people and served in the puppet governments established by the Nazis.






29. Wrestle; come to grips with He ________d with the burglar and overpowered him.






30. Wanton; profane He sang a ________ song that offended many of the more prudish listeners.






31. Unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech Such ________ joy must be experienced; it cannot be described.






32. Kinship She felt an ________ with all who suffered; their pains were her pains.






33. Boisterous mirth The ________ is improper on this solemn day of mourning.






34. Split; tear apart In his grief - he tried to ________ his garments.






35. Presumptuous; arrogant His ________ pride in his accomplishments was not justified.






36. Casual; done without prior thought Expecting to be treated with due propriety by her costs - Great-Aunt Maud was offended by their ________ manner.






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






38. A small allowance or wage He could not live on the ________ he received as a pension and had to look for an additional source of revenue.






39. Marshal; draw up in order His actions were bound to ________ public sentiment against him.






40. Mercy killing Many people support ________ for terminally ill patients who wish to die.






41. Scatter; drive away; cause to vanish The bright sunlight eventually ________led the morning mist.






42. Long established - as a disease - The doctors were finally able to attribute his ________ headaches and nausea to traces of formaldehyde gas in his apartment.






43. Secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place We set the post in concrete to ________ it in place.






44. Summit Let us drop a perpendicular line from the ________ of the triangle to the base.






45. Offensive or insulting treatment Although he seemed to accept cheerfully the ________(ies) heaped upon him - he was inwardly very angry.






46. Pierce; put a hole through Before you can open the aspirin bottle - you must first ________ the plastic safety seal that covers the cap.






47. Juicy; full of richness To some people - Florida citrus fruits are more ________ than those from California.






48. Mixed indiscriminately; haphazard; irregular - particularly sexually In the opera La Boheme - we get a picture of the ________ life led by the young artists of Paris.






49. Separate; part Northern and southern Ireland are politically and religiously ________ed.






50. Split asunder - The lightening ________s the tree in two.