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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Act of turning aside; pastime After studying for several hours - he needed a ________ from work.
exhume
diversion
despotism
deplore
2. Affecting the sense of taste The Thai restaurant offered an unusual ________ experience for those used in a bland cuisine.
gustatory
conundrum
indignation
solace
3. Malleability; flexibility; ability to be drawn out Copper wire has many industrial uses because of its extreme ________.
bilk
ductility
illusory
anomalous
4. Trivial; unimportant; very small She had no major complaints to make about his work - only a few ________ quibbles that were almost too minor to state.
overweening
pert
petty
taciturn
5. Absentminded Because of his concentration on the problem - the professor often appeared ________ and unconcerned about routine.
benign
jaunt
distrait
winsome
6. Thrift; economy In these economically difficult days businesses must practice ________ or risk bankruptcy.
frugality
imminent
spectral
divulge
7. Hostile feeling or intent The ________ of the speaker became obvious to all when he began to indulge in sarcastic and insulting remarks.
devoid
altercation
animus
euphemism
8. Rich - figured fabric The sofa was covered with expensive ________.
isthmus
brocade
bovine
leeway
9. Pertaining to ships or navigation The Maritime Museum contains many models of clipper ships - logbooks - anchors and many other items of a ________ nature.
chronicle
nautical
fugitive
distant
10. After death (as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death) The critics ignored his works during his lifetime; it was only after the ________ publication of his last novel that they recognized his great talent.
skulk
ken
ratiocination
posthumous
11. Scoff at The people ________d his grandiose schemes.
abeyance
deride
clamor
calumny
12. Stormy; unkind I like to read a good book in ________ weather.
inclement
hatch
withdrawn
burly
13. Abandon I will ________ my claims to this property if you promise to retain my employees.
relinquish
grovel
stipple
insubstantial
14. Amendment or clause added to a legislative bill Senator Foghorn said he would support Senator Filibuster's tax reform bill only if Filibuster agreed to add an antipollution ________ to the bill.
pander
rider
macabre
niggle
15. Omen; prophecy He interpreted the departures of the birds as an ________ of evil.
unrequited
augury
devotee
undermine
16. Element; ingredient I wish all the ________s of my stereo system were working at the same time.
insolvent
colloquy
component
coagulate
17. Encouraging; exhortive The crowd listened to his ________ statements with ever-growing excitement; finally they rushed from the hall to carry to his suggestions.
hortatory
desultory
rehabilitate
pedagogy
18. Hang around; linger The policeman told him not to ________in the alley.
practical
preclude
slag
loiter
19. Apt; suitably expressed; well chosen He was famous for his ________ remarks and was called upon to serve as master-of-ceremonies at many banquet.
interrogate
addendum
felicitous
effigy
20. Adherence to established rules or procedures Signing this petition is a mere ________; it does not obligate you in any way.
ossify
shimmer
rebuff
formality
21. Perplexing; unsettled: questionable Given the many areas of conflict still awaiting resolution - the outcome of the peace talks remains ________.
pendant
physiognomy
problematic
precedent
22. Taking up again; recommencement During the summer break - Don had not realized how much he missed university life: at the ________ of classes - however - he felt marked excitement and pleasure.
narrative
nonchalance
oculist
resumption
23. Calmness of temperament In his later years - he could look upon the foolishness of the world with ________ and humor.
liability
equanimity
opus
compilation
24. Slow-moving tree-dwelling mammal Note how well the somewhat greenish coat of the ________ enables it to blend in with its arboreal surroundings.
uxorious
idiosyncratic
sloth
apropos
25. Make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred The screams of the quarreling children ________d on her nerves.
grate
sluggish
welter
bane
26. Generate pus When her finger began to ________ - the doctor lanced it and removed the splinter that had caused the pus to form.
burlesque
low
subversive
fester
27. Agreement; contract The signers of the Mayflower ________ were establishing a form of government.
disjointed
immutable
incorrigible
compact
28. Sticky - gluey Melted tar is a ________ substance.
throes
inadvertently
queasy
viscous
29. Pertaining to passionate love The ________ passages in this novel should be removed as they are merely pornographic.
erotic
incommodious
strident
exhume
30. Elastic; having the power of springing back Highly ________ - steel makes excellent bedsprings.
bivouac
dismember
resilient
tumult
31. Appease The natives offered sacrifices to ________ the gods.
equilibrium
avow
impassive
propitiate
32. Right granted by authority The city issued a ________ to the company to operate surface transit lines on the streets for ninety-nine years.
archaeology
franchise
addle
demented
33. Support militantly Martin Luther King - Jr. - won the Nobel Peace Prize because he ________ed the oppressed in their struggle for equality.
catechism
champion
loll
provoke
34. 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.
debilitate
prescience
vassal
frailty
35. Greatness; extent It is difficult to comprehend the ________ of his crime.
minutiae
magnitude
naivete
penance
36. File of documents on a subject Ordered by J. Edgar Hoover to investigate the senator - the FBI compiled a complete ________
dossier
pontifical
giddy
incontrovertible
37. Ceremony conferring holy orders The candidate for ________ had to meet with the bishop and the diocean officers before being judged ready to be ordained a deacon.
berserk
arrears
ordination
acme
38. Characteristic of an entire class or species Sue knew so many computer programmers who spent their spare time playing fantasy games that she began to think that playing Dungeon & Dragons was a ________ trait.
generic
brocade
unguent
partial
39. Lustful Because they might arouse ________ impulses in their readers - the lewd books were banned by the clergy.
lascivious
bravado
gentility
recumbent
40. Deeply established; firmly rooted Try as they would - the missionaries were unable to uproot the ________ superstitions of the natives.
emanate
lithe
knead
ingrained
41. Barrier laid down by artillery fire; overwhelming profusion The company was forced to retreat through the ________ of heavy canyons.
amity
barrage
pontifical
implausible
42. Drink in The dry soil ________d the rain quickly.
imbibe
extol
optional
titanic
43. Trick; stratagem You will not be able to fool your friends with such an obvious ________.
palatable
espionage
metamorphosis
ruse
44. Third He is so thorough that he analyzes ________ causes where other writers are content with primary and secondary reasons.
slacken
tertiary
fester
dank
45. Abundance; completeness Looking in the pantry - we admired the ________ of fruits and pickles we had preserved during the summer.
plenitude
agnostic
gingerly
refectory
46. Correspondence of parts; harmonious relationship The student demonstrated the ________ of the two triangles by using the hypotenuse-arm theorem.
advocate
relish
disband
congruence
47. Express disapproval of; protest against; belittle A firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post ________d the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.
castigation
deprecate
isotope
contempt
48. Mournful The dove has a ________ and melancholy call
plaintive
gentility
introvert
deleterious
49. Move faster In our science class - we learn how falling bodies ________.
caricature
subliminal
accelerate
fulcrum
50. Range of knowledge I cannot answer your question since this matter is beyond my ________.
proliferate
defeatist
ken
parquet