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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Slight knowledge I don't know whether it is better to be ignorant of a subject or to have a mere ________ of information about it.






2. Departure The ________ from the hot and stuffy city was particularly noticeable on Friday evenings.






3. Practical rule guiding conduct "Love thy neighbor as thyself" is a worthwhile ________.






4. Children; offspring He was proud of his ________ but regarded George as the most promising of all his children.






5. Pious The ________ man prayed daily.






6. Untidy; slipshod Such ________ work habits will never produce good products.






7. Painful labor How long do you think a man can endure such ________ and degradation without rebelling?






8. Condescend He felt that he would debase himself if he ________ed to answer his critics.






9. Study industriously; ponder; scrutinize Determined to become a physician - Beth spends hours ________(ing) over her anatomy text.






10. Make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction As Kitty ________ed before the mirror - carefully smoothing her shining hair - she couldn't help preening herself on her good looks.






11. Purest and highest embodiment Noel Coward displayed the ________ of wit.






12. Practicing self-denial; austere The wealthy young man could not understand the ________ life led by the monks.






13. Universally present; ubiquitous On Christmas Eve - Santa Claus is ________.






14. Connoisseur of food and drink ________s frequent this restaurant because it features exotic wines and dishes.






15. Handyman; person who does all kinds of work Although we had hired him as a messenger - we soon began to use him as a general ________ around the office.






16. Resorting to help when in trouble The boy's only ________ was to appeal to his father for aid.






17. Wasteful; reckless with money The ________ son squandered his inheritance.






18. Lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy Nothing seemed to arouse him from his ________; he had wholly surrendered himself to lethargy.






19. Secret - After avoiding their chaperon - the lovers had a ________ meeting.






20. Combining parts into a whole Now that we have succeeded in isolating this drug - our next problem is to plan its ________ in the laboratory.






21. Exhausting The marathon is a ________ race.






22. Slope; inclined plane The house was built with ________s instead of stairs in order to enable the man in the wheelchair to move easily from room to room and floor to floor.






23. Distress; suffering After all the trials and ________s we have gone through - we need this rest.






24. Reproduce; duplicate To the chagrin of the scientists - they were unable to ________ the results of their controversial experiment.






25. Draw out by discussion The detectives tried to ________ where he had hidden his loot.






26. Act of dissecting living animals The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals opposed ________ and deplored the practice of using animals in scientific experiments.






27. Absence of governing body; state of disorder The assassination of the leaders led to a period of ________.






28. Middle class The French Revolution was inspired by the ________ - who resented the aristocracy.






29. State confidently I wish to ________ that I am certain of success.






30. Confuse; muddle Do not ________ the issues by dragging in irrelevant arguments.






31. Bantering; joking - Sometimes his flippant and ________ remarks annoy us.






32. Stretch out full on ground He ________d himself before the idol.






33. Fallen fruit; unexpected lucky event. This huge tax refund is quite a ________.






34. Authoritative; imperious The learned doctor laid down the law to his patient in a ________ tone of voice.






35. Distasteful; morally offensive People with ________ reputations should not be allowed to work with young children.






36. Set of bells capable of being played - The carillon in the bell tower of the Coca-Cola pavilion at the New York World's Fair provided musical entertainment every hour.






37. Earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding As the river rose and threatened to overflow the ________ - emergency workers rushed to reinforce the walls with sandbags.






38. Local or provincial dialect His years of study of the language at the university did not enable him to understand the ________ of the natives.






39. Brief and compact When you define a new word - be ________; the shorter the definition - the easier it is to remember.






40. Pertaining to the brain or intellect - The content of philosophical works is ________ in nature and requires much thought.






41. Loathe; hate Moses scolded the idol worshippers in the tribe because he ________d the custom.






42. Wanderer; tramp In summer - college students wander the roads of Europe like carefree ________s.






43. Stout; corpulent The salesclerk tactfully referred to the overweight customer as ________ rather than fat.






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






45. Person who establishes (an organization - business) Among those drowned when the Titanic sank was the ________ of the Abraham & Straus chain.






46. Differing; deviating The two witnesses presented the jury with remarkably ________ accounts of the same epipode.






47. Many-colored Without her glasses - Gretchen saw the fields of tulips as a ________ blur.






48. Insolent Her ________ contempt for authority angered the officials.






49. Calmness; placidity The ________ of the sleepy town was shattered by a tremendous explosion.






50. Cause to become sick; fill with disgust The foul smells began to ________ him.