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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Wordy This article is too ________; we must edit it.
verbose
integral
devious
mode
2. Remembering; honoring The new ________ stamp honors the late Martin Luther King - Jr.
supererogatory
brevity
commemorative
stint
3. Blessedness; state of bliss Growing closer to God each day - the mystic achieved a state of indescribable ________.
infiltrate
beatitude
seismic
ambience
4. Cause of ruin Lack of public transportation is the ________ of urban life.
bane
ravenous
refraction
decorum
5. Lose animation; lose strength In stories - lovelorn damsels used to ________ and pine away.
minutiae
languish
congenital
paradox
6. Small ornamental statuette In the Maltese Falcon - Sam Spade was hired to trace the missing ________ of a black bird.
figurine
impeach
dupe
libretto
7. Pay out When you ________ money on the company's behalf - be sure to get a receipt.
dilate
carnage
disburse
tactile
8. Inexperienced While it is necessary to provide these ________ poets with an opportunity to present their work - it is not essential that we admire everything they write.
flux
maculated
grimace
fledgling
9. Emotional urges behind human activity The psychiatrist maintained that suppression of the ________ often resulted in maladjustment and neuroses.
entree
riveting
libido
welter
10. Assume an affected pose; act artificially No matter how much Arnold boasted or ________d - I could not believe he was as important as he pretended to be.
anecdote
purport
posture
virile
11. Stout; corpulent The salesclerk tactfully referred to the overweight customer as ________ rather than fat.
stem
sophomoric
prim
portly
12. Selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources His style of interior decoration was ________: bits and pieces of furnishings from widely divergent periods - strikingly juxtaposed to create a unique color.
runic
sedate
eclectic
tacit
13. Remainder I suggest that you wait until the store places the ________s of these goods on sale.
remnant
pest
qualms
slur
14. Chew We must ________ our food carefully and slowly in order to avoid digestive disorders.
banal
masticate
perspicacious
yore
15. Interdependent relationship (between groups - species) - often mutually beneficial Both the crocodile bird and the crocodile derive benefit from their ________; pecking away at food particles embedded in the crocodile's teeth - the bird derives nouri
reputable
symbiosis
excise
viable
16. Meantime The company will not consider our proposal until next week; in the ________ - let us proceed as we have in the past.
optimist
interim
rankle
incentive
17. Short account of an amusing or interesting event Rather than make concrete proposals for welfare reform - President Raegan told ________s about poor people who became wealthy despite their impoverished backgrounds.
bevy
comestible
anecdote
antecede
18. Pertaining to mental derangement The ________ patient suffers more frequently from a disorder of the nervous system than from a diseased brain.
nauseate
psychopathic
pestle
incommodious
19. Charlatan; boastful pretender The patent medicine man was a ________.
mire
optician
rubble
mountebank
20. Devoted to the pleasures of the senses; carnal; voluptous I cannot understand what caused him to drop his ________ way of life and become so ascetic.
connotation
seminal
monastic
sensual
21. Ability to foretell the future Given the current wave of Japan-bashing - it does not take ________ for me to foresee problems in our future trade relations with Japan.
fodder
exemplify
prescience
itinerary
22. Security from being destroyed - corrupted or profaned They respected the ________ of her faith and did not try to change her manner of living.
scurvy
gazette
foolhardy
inviolability
23. Petty criticism; fault-finding - Welcoming constructive criticism - Lexy appreciated her editor's comments - finding them free of ________.
inveigle
upbraid
disinter
carping
24. Lustful They objected to his ________ behavior.
winnow
apprehensive
libidinous
carcinogenic
25. Flashy; tawdry; falsely attractive Her jewels were inexpensive but not ________.
edify
entreat
debonair
meretricious
26. Recover The doctors were worried because the patient did not ________ as rapidly as they had expected.
retrospective
brackish
recuperate
fantastic
27. Parchment used for second time after original writing has been erased Using chemical reagents - scientists have been able to restore the original writings on many ________s.
denotation
levity
palimpsest
propagate
28. Sharpness; stinging quality The ________ of the cigarette smoke made me cough.
stint
rote
imposture
pungency
29. Make amends for; pay for He knew no way in which he could ________ for his brutal crime.
mincing
opportunist
atone
scintillate
30. 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.
gruesome
conjecture
congruence
ratiocination
31. Whirlpool The canoe was tossed about in the ________.
putative
quaint
maelstrom
frivolous
32. Approach and speak first to a person When the two young men ________ed me - I was frightened because I thought they were going to attack me.
cameo
vestige
vituperative
accost
33. Humorous; jocular Your ________ remarks are not appropriate at this serious moment.
glower
perigee
facetious
immaculate
34. Favoring success With favorable weather conditions - it was an auspicious moment to set sail.
auspicious
amble
egress
antiseptic
35. Something preceding in time that may be used as an authority or guide for future action This decision sets a ________ for future cases of a similar nature.
surpass
hubbub
haphazard
precedent
36. Debauched person - roue Although she was aware of his reputation as a ________ - she felt she could reform him and help him break his dissolute way of life.
libertine
complement
nadir
quip
37. Correct; change - generally for the better Hoping to ________ his condition - he left Vietnam for the United States.
amend
spoonerism
garrulous
surmise
38. Lacking in flavor; dull Flat prose and flat ginger ale are equally ________: both lack sparkle.
insipid
pall
internecine
patent
39. Excessively grasping; plundering Hawks and other ________ birds prey on variety of small animals.
agape
rapacious
willful
dire
40. 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 ________.
headlong
sinister
cant
waggish
41. Command I cannot accept government by ________; I feel that I must be consulted.
commodious
riveting
assert
fiat
42. Deviate; turn aside sharply The car ________d wildly as the driver struggled to regain control of the wheel.
swerve
placebo
compound
conduit
43. Erase; strike out If you ________ this paragraph - the composition will have more appeal.
blatant
lumber
delete
tantrum
44. Talkative boaster After all Sol's talk about his big show business connections led nowhere - Sally decided he was just another ________.
circuitous
fervid
blowhard
yore
45. Flexible; easily influenced Catherine's disposition was ________; she was like putty in her suitor's hands.
buttress
mete
pliant
emendation
46. Decorate Parsley was used to ________ the boiled potato.
garnish
renovate
subterfuge
testator
47. Lassitude; depression His friends tried to overcome the ________ into which he had fallen by taking him to parties and to the theater.
languor
apathy
accrue
betroth
48. Beat The severity with which he was ________ed was indicated by the bruises he displayed on his head and face.
pummel
staccato
gall
parasite
49. Unselfishly generous; concerned for others In providing tutorial assistance and college scholarships to hundreds of economically disadvantaged youths - Eugene Lang performed a truly ________ deed.
conscientious
ponderous
altruistic
lascivious
50. Malleability; flexibility; ability to be drawn out Copper wire has many industrial uses because of its extreme ________.
addendum
succulent
adventitious
ductility