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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Drunken revel - The party degenerated into an ugly ________.






2. Strong point or special talent I am not eager to play this rather seious role - for my ________ is comedy.






3. Rickety; falling apart The boys propped up the ________ clubhouse with a couple of boards.






4. Friendly The dispute was settled in an ________ manner with no harsh words.






5. Rubbing away; tending to grind down Just as ________ cleaning powders can wear away a shiny finish - abrasive remarks can wear away a listener's patience.






6. Monkeylike Lemurs are nocturnal mammals and have many ________ characteristics - although they are less intelligent than monkeys.






7. Territory enclosed within an alien land The Vatican is an independent ________ in Italy.






8. Impose (a fine); collect (a payment) Crying "No taxation withouth representation -" the colonists demonstrated against England's power to ________ taxes.






9. Boastful - pompous In their stories of the trial - the reporters ridiculed the ________ speeches of the defense attorney.






10. Degrade; humiliate He felt that he would ________ himself if he replied to the scurrilous letter.






11. Emancipate; free from bondage Enlightened slave owners were willing to ________ their slaves and thus put an end to the evil slavery in the country.






12. Fertile; abundant; ornate Farming was easy in this ________ soil.






13. Loathing She looked at the snake with ________.






14. Fringes; outer borders Living ________ of Boston - Sarah sometimes felt as if she were cut off from the cultural heart of the city.






15. Sleep producer; deadener of pain By such ________s - she made the people forget their difficulties and accept their unpleasant circumstances.






16. Make express conditions - specify Before agreeing to reduce American military forces in Europe - the president ________d that NATO teams be allowed to inspect Soviet bases.






17. Harass; trouble Many problems ________ the American public school system.






18. Pertaining to cultivation of gardens When he bought his house - he beganto look for flowers and decorative shrubs - and began to read books dealing with ________ matters.






19. Profane; violate the sanctity of The soldiers ________d the temple.






20. Harshness; plainness The newspapers disapproved of the ________ of the sentence.






21. Enormous; marvelous He marveled at her ________ appetite when he saw all the food she ate.






22. Incapable of injury Achilles was ________ except in his heel.






23. Stupid person I thought I was talking to a mature audience; instead - I find myself addressing a pack of ________s.






24. Ridicule They greeted his proposal with ________ and refused to consider it seriously.






25. Flowing into The ________ of refugees into the country has taxed the relief agencies severely.






26. Clothing "How can I go to the ball?" asked Cinderella. "I have no ________ fit to wear."






27. Huge; enormous The ________ wrestler was terrified of mice.






28. Supposed He is the ________ father of the child.






29. Forerunners; advance forces We are the ________ of a tremendous army that is following us.






30. Flexible; pliant The angler found a s________ limb and used it as a fishing rod.






31. Infamy; vilification He refused to defend himself against the slander and ________ hurled against him by the newspapers; he preferred to rely on his record.






32. Corrosive; sarcastic Such ________ criticism is uncalled for.






33. Extended scolding; denunciation Long before he had finished his ________ - we were sufficiently aware of the seriousness of our misconduct.






34. Shackle The prisoner was ________ed to the wall.






35. Fits of depression or gloom We could not discover the cause of her recurrent ________.






36. Serving to warn You should have visited a doctor as soon as you felt these ________ chest pains.






37. Animals of a period or region The scientist could visualize the ________ of the period by examining the skeletal remains and the fossils.






38. Hasten We hope you will be able to ________ delivery because of our tight schedule.






39. Sentry; lookout Though camped in enemy territory - Bledsoe ignored the elementary precaution of posting ________s around the encampment.






40. Ineffective; fruitless Why waste your time on ________ pursuits?






41. Universal; wide-ranging liberal - He was extremely ________ in his taste and read everything he could find in the library.






42. Convincing She presented ________ arguments to the jury.






43. Weird In that ________ setting - it was easy to believe in ghosts and other supernatural beings.






44. Long life When he reached ninety - the old man was proud of his ________.






45. Climb by crawling - She ________ed over the wall.






46. Ability to move spontaneously Certain organisms exhibit remarkable ________; motile spores - for example - may travel for miles before coming to rest.






47. Region; climate - His doctors advised him to move to a milder ________.






48. Fantastic; comically hideous On Halloween people enjoy wearing ________ costumes.






49. Sharp upslope of a hill The car could not go up the ________ in high gear.






50. Irresistable; not to be escaped He felt that his fate was ________ and refused to make any attempt to improve his lot.