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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Kill - usually one out of ten We do more to ________ our population in automobile accidents than we do in war.






2. Waste matter; worhtless impurities Many methods have been devised to separate the valuable metal from the ________.






3. Stir up; disturb Her fiery remarks ________d the already angry mob.






4. Conciseness ________ is essential when you send a telegram or cablegram; you are charged for every word.






5. Flexible; easily influenced Catherine's disposition was ________; she was like putty in her suitor's hands.






6. Opponent; enemy Batman struggled to save Gotham City from the machinations of his wicked ________ - the Joker.






7. Fate ________ is the Arabic word for "fate."






8. Person interested mostly in external objects and actions A good salesperson in usually an ________ - who likes to mingle with people.






9. Used to prevent disease Despite all ________ measures introduced by the authorities - the epidemic raged until cool weather set in.






10. Green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painting Judging by the ________ on this bronze statue - we can conclude that this is the work of a medieval artist.






11. Controlling force She dreamt of living an independent life - free of all ________s.






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






13. Social blunder According to Miss Manners - to call your husband by your lover's name is worse than a mere ________; it is a tactical mistake.






14. Excessive; overabundant - unnecessary Please try not to include so many ________ details in your report; just give me the bare facts.






15. Sameness leading to boredom He took a clerical job - but soon grew to hate the ________ of his daily routine.






16. Mutilate; injure The hospital could not take care of all who had been mangled or ________ed in the railroad accident.






17. Uprightness; incorruptibility Everyone took his ________ for granted; his defalcations - therefore - shocked us all.






18. Burden Some people ________ themselves with too much luggage - when they take short trips.






19. Rolling - treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America Despite the cold - many geologists are trying to discover valuable mineral deposits in the ________.






20. Clean by removing impurities; clear of changes If you are to be ________d of the charge of contempt of Congress - you must be willing to answer the questions previously asked.






21. Be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of Little Orphan Annie truly ________d the stocks Daddy Warbucks ave her - whose value appreciated considerably over the years.






22. Movable; not fixed The ________ blood bank operated by the Red Cross visited our neighborhood today.






23. Without deceit He is naive - simple - and ________; he cannot be guilty of fraud.






24. Suffering from indigestion; irritable His ________ temperament was apparent to all who heard him rant about his difficulties.






25. Social outcast I am not a ________ to be shunned and ostracized.






26. Bestow courtesies with a superior air The king ________ed to grant an audience to the friends of the condemned man.






27. Denounce; utter censure or invective He ________ed against the demagoguery of the previous speaker and urged that the audience reject his philosophy as dangerous.






28. Solidly uniform; unyielding Knowing the importance of appearing resolute - the patriots sought to present a ________ front.






29. Fleeting or transitory; roving The film brought a few ________ images to her mind - but on the whole it made no lasting impression upon her.






30. Wooden; impassive We wanted to see how long he could maintain his ________ expression.






31. Insightful; aware; wise Although Maud was a generally ________ critic - she had her blind sports: she could never see flaws in the work of her friends.






32. Cause; produce To receive praise for real accomplishments ________s self-confidence in a child.






33. Pertaining to conversational or common speech Your use of ________ expressions in a formal essay such as the one you have presented spoils the effect you hope to achieve.






34. Exile; someone who has withdrawn from his native land Henry James was an American ________ who settled in England.






35. Theft Because of the prisoner's record - the district attorney refused to reduce the charge from grand ________ to petit larceny.






36. Inclined to form factions; causing dissension. Your statement is ________ and will upset the harmony that now exists.






37. Group of persons joined in political intrigue; cabal As soon as he learned of its existence - the dictator ordered the execution of all of the members of the ________.






38. In utter disorder - He tried to bring order into the ________ state of affairs.






39. Saturate - fill His visits to the famous Gothic cathedrals ________d him with feelings of awe and reverence.






40. Society ruled by the wealthy From the way the government caters to the rich - you might think our society is a ________ rather than a democracy.






41. Cure-all; something invigorating The news of her chance to go abroad acted on her like an ________.






42. Showing off learning; bookish Leaving his decisions with humorous - down-to-earth anecdotes - Judge Walker was not at all ________ legal scholar.






43. Tight; ready The captain maintained that he ran a ________ ship.






44. Something long-lasting Tese plants are hardy ________s and will bloom for many years.






45. Accustomed; hardened She became ________ to the Alaskan cold.






46. Tawny or grayish with streaks or spots He was disappointed in the litter because the puppies were ________ he had hoped for animals of uniform color.






47. To make watertight (by plugging seams) When water from the shower leaked into the basement - we knew it was time to ________ the tiles at the edges of the shower stall.






48. Fortress - The ________ overlooked the city like a protecting angel.






49. Charlatan; boastful pretender The patent medicine man was a ________.






50. Provide ofr the payment of Her employer offered to ________ the costs of her postgraduate education.