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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Line They stood patiently in the ________ outside the movie theatre.
entreat
queue
secular
grotesque
2. Thriftless He was constantly being warned to mend his ________ ways and begin to "save for a rainy day."
glaring
improvident
indicative
leonine
3. Difference; condition of inequality The ________ in their ages made no difference at all.
disparity
franchise
astronomical
metamorphosis
4. Substance that prevents infection It is advisable to apply an ________ to any wound - no matter how slight or insignificant.
forswear
antiseptic
repeal
appal
5. A servile dependent He was always accompanied by several of his ________s because he enjoyed their subservience and flattery.
stipulate
felicitous
funereal
minion
6. Make whole; combine; make into one unit She tried to ________ all their activities into one program.
sluggish
prototype
integrate
fulminate
7. Aqueduct; passageway for fluids Water was brought to the army in the desert by an improvised ________ from the adjoining mountain.
auspicious
solace
conduit
tryst
8. Place over something else Your attempt to ________ another agency in this field will merely increase the bureaucratic nature of our government.
superimpose
ambivalence
sleazy
torrent
9. Hiding place - The detectives followed the suspects until he led them to the ________ where he had stored his loot.
parallelism
irremediable
confidant
cache
10. Dwarf; underground spirit In medieval mythology - ________s were the special guardians and inhabitants of subterranean mines.
gnome
embed
severance
memento
11. Burn with hot iron or caustic - In order to prevent infection - the doctor ________d the wound.
incisive
masticate
cauterize
bifurcated
12. Tendency of a system to maintain relative stability A breakdown of the body's immune system severely undermines the body's ability to maintain ________.
untoward
reek
intuition
homeostasis
13. Fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal. It is good to have a few _________s in our group for their enthusiasm is contagious.
imbue
panacea
zealot
combustible
14. Mongrel; mixed breed Mendel's formula explains the appearance of ________s and pure species in breeding.
hybrid
contagion
manacle
lucrative
15. Deduce; conclude We must be particularly cautious when we ________ that a person is guilty on the basis of circumstantial evidence.
infer
juncture
spatial
imbalance
16. Gay; joyous; careless Shelley called the skylark a "________ spirit" because of its happy song.
grueling
levy
hallucination
blithe
17. Rule over tyrannically Students prefer teachers who guide - not ones who ________.
extrapolation
proxy
dogmatic
domineer
18. Temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; platform for execution Before painting the house - the workers put up a ________ to allow them to work on the second story.
dilute
recount
gouge
scaffold
19. Played in an abrupt manner; marked by abrupt - sharp sound His ________ speech reminded one of the sound of a machine gun.
garnish
gratify
heckler
staccato
20. Having an evil influence; virulent This is a ________ disease; we must have to use drastic measures to stop its spread.
vivisection
malignant
belabor
divine
21. Masses of leaves Every autumn before the leaves fell he promised himself he would drive though the New England to admire the colorful fall ________.
subsistence
doggerel
foliage
daub
22. Roundness; sonorousness of speech Washington Irving emphasized the ________ of the governor by describing his height and circumference.
rotundity
enigmatic
jeopardy
rebuff
23. Person wearing tattered clothes He felt sorry for the ________ who was begging for food and gave him money to buy a meal.
ragamuffin
garrulous
gingerly
flick
24. Bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together The lawyer picked up a ________ of papers as he rose to question the witness.
sheaf
encroachment
encompass
perturb
25. Assumption; postulate Because Jack had based his argument upon a faulty ________ - his opponent cheerfully pointed out the holes in his logic.
chasm
premise
solace
incarnate
26. Clear of charges I hope to ________ my client and return him to society as a free man.
slake
captious
vindicate
tempo
27. Analysis; cutting apart in order to examine The ________ of frogs on the laboratory is particularly unpleasant to some students.
dissection
maudlin
intuition
fortitude
28. Express sympathetic sorrow His friends gathered to ________ with him over his loss.
condole
staccato
fanaticism
conformity
29. Gentle breeze; west wind. When these _________s blow - it is good to be in an open boat under a full sail.
assessment
exhort
zephyr
jeopardy
30. Addition of details; intricacy Tell what happened simply - without any ________.
elaboration
debase
finale
venerate
31. Acquire; take possession of for one's own use The ranch owners ________d the lands that had originally been set aside for the Indians' use.
appropriate
degraded
punitive
simper
32. Oppose with arguments; contradict To ________ your theory will require much time but it is essential that we disprove it.
unseemly
controvert
celibate
wax
33. Powerful; strong; potent We must keep his friendship for he will make a ________ ally.
ragamuffin
seminary
puissant
lexicographer
34. Unfavorable; hostile ________ circumstances compelled him to close his business.
delusion
figment
inveigh
adverse
35. Nook; recess Though their apartment lacked a full-scale dining room - an ________ adjacent to the living room made an adequate breakfast nook for the young couple.
maniacal
alcove
diatribe
cacophony
36. Concise; meaty I enjoy reading his essays because they are always compact and ________.
pithy
dilatory
ford
vindicate
37. Fear A ruler who maintains his power by ________ is bound to develop clandestine resistance.
abject
incantation
intimidation
zealot
38. Soak Their clothes were ________d by the rain.
plenitude
appreciate
saturate
functionary
39. Tickle I am here not to ________ my audience but to enlighten it.
titillate
regicide
prodigious
compact
40. Mental disorder We must endeavor to find an outlet for the patient's repressed desires if we hope to combat this ________.
gaudy
hover
psychosis
vanguard
41. Support; act superior toward Experts in a field sometimes appear to ________ people who are less knowledgeable of the subject.
converge
patronize
regimen
intimidation
42. Supporter The congressman received hundreds of letters from angry ________s after the Equal Rights Amendment failed to pass.
constituent
bantering
adulterate
languor
43. Lack of consistency; difference The police noticed some ________(ies) in his description of the crime and did not believe him.
discrepancy
incisive
behoove
tender
44. Balance After the divorce - he needed some time to regain his ________.
exotic
spat
flout
equilibrium
45. Rejoice We ________ed when our team won the victory.
incorrigible
exult
enamored
trivia
46. Particular variety of art or literature Both a short story writer and a poet - Langston Hughes proved himself equally skilled in either ________.
herbivorous
sartorial
derision
genre
47. Pertaining to an injury caused by violence In his nightmares - he kept on recalling the ________ experience of being wounded in battle.
truncate
malediction
atrophy
traumatic
48. Spoil the effect of; make inoperative Fraud will ________ the contract.
vitiate
foolhardy
empirical
revelry
49. Divine gift; great popular charm or appeal - Political commentators have deplored the importance of a candidate's ________ in these days of television campaigning.
frigid
charisma
doctrinaire
meddlesome
50. Truthful I can recommend him for this position because I have always found him ________ and reliable.
veracious
imbue
emanate
irate