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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. To bring to an end When his contract was ________d unexpectedly - he desperately needed a new job.






2. Melted The city of Pompeii was destroyed by volcanic ash rather than by ________ lava flowing from Mount Vesuvius.






3. Businessperson; contractor Opponents of our present tax program argue that it discourages ________s from trying new fields of business activity.






4. Change; convert to something different He was unable to ________ his dreams into actualities.






5. Head off; forestall by acting first; appropriate for oneself; supplant Hoping to ________ any attempts by the opposition to make educational reform a hot political issue - the candidate set out her own plan to revitalize the public schools.






6. Corrupt; make intemperate A vicious newspaper can ________ public ideals.






7. Narrow-mindedness; isolation The ________ of the islanders manifested itself in their suspicion of anyuthing foreign.






8. Having a very fine bore - The changes in surface tension of liquids in ________ vessels is of special interest to physicists.






9. Half asleep The heavy meal and the overheated room made us all ________ and indifferent to the speaker.






10. Fern leaf; palm or banana leaf After the storm the beach was littered with the ________s of palm trees.






11. Pertaining to hell; devilish They could think of no way to hinder his ________ scheme.






12. Resonant His ________ voice resounded through the hall.






13. Invention; imaginary thing That incident never took place; it is a ________ of your imagination.






14. Averse; reluctant They were both ________ for him to go.






15. Upward The sailor climbed ________ into the rigging.






16. Home of a hermit Even in his remote ________ he could not escape completely from the world.






17. Supporter; follower In the wake of the scandal - the senator's one-time ________ quietly deserted him.






18. Rich - figured fabric The sofa was covered with expensive ________.






19. Turn away from Do not ________ from the truth; you must face the facts.






20. Vibrant and lively; critical; living - breathing The ________ - highly energetic first aid instructor stressed that it was vital in examining accident victims to note their vital signs.






21. Prosper; flourish Despite the impact of recession on the restaurant trade - Philip's cafe ________d.






22. Tear or rip; split The conflict over abortion threatens to split our nation - creating a ________ in the social fabric that will be difficult to mend.






23. Resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; reversion to an earlier type; throwback Martin seemed an ________ to his Tuscan ancestors who lavished great care on their small plots of soil.






24. Speak foolishly; boast idly Let us not ________ about our qualities; rather - let our virtues speak for themselves.






25. Wise saying; proverb There is much truth in the old ________ about fools and their money.






26. Revengeful She was very ________ and never forgave an injury.






27. Of lowly origin; unworthy This plan is inspired by ________ motives and I must - therefore - oppose it.






28. Praising To everyone's surprise - the speech was ________ rather than critical in tone.






29. Artificiality; unnaturalness; act of employing sophistry in reasoning ________ is an acquired characteristic - found more frequently among city dwellers than among residents of rural areas.






30. Disobedient The ________ private was confined to the barracks.






31. Follow The evils that ________d were the direct result of the miscalculations of the leaders.






32. Ornate Modern architecture has discarded the ________ trimming on buildings and emphasizes simplicity of line.






33. Explanatory list of symbols on a map The ________ at the bottom of the map made it clear which symbols stood for rest areas along the highway and which stood for public camp sites.






34. Seller The fruit ________ sold her wares from a stall on the sidewalk.






35. Purely spiritual; theoretical; without sensual desire Accused of impropriety in his dealings with female students - the professor maintained he had only a ________ interest in the women involved.






36. Roman army officer - Because he was in command of a company of one hundred soldiers - he was called a ________.






37. Praiseworthy; commendable His ________ deeds will be remarked by all whom he aided.






38. Question closely; cross-examine Knowing that the Nazis would ________ him about his background - the secret agent invented a cover story that would help him meet their quesions.






39. Written statement made under oath The court refused to accept his statement unless he presented it in the form of an ________.






40. Repetition of beginning sound in poetry "The furrow followed free" is an example of ________.






41. Loyal; unswerving Penelope was ________ in her affections - faithfully waiting for Ulysses to return from his wanderings.






42. Surpass; outdo Jesse Owens easily ________ped his competitors to win the gold metal at the Olympic Games.






43. Enormously large or extensive The government seemed willing to spend ________ sums on weapons development.






44. Not active; acted upon Mahatma Gandhi urged his followers to pursue a program of ________ resistance as he felt that it was more effective than violence and acts of terrorism.






45. Idle person; male bee Content to let his wife support him - the would-be writer was in reality nothing but a ________.






46. Pertaining to a bishop or pope; pompous or pretentious From the very beginning of his ministry it was clear from his ________ pronouncements that John was destined for a high pontifical office.






47. One who feigns illness to escape duty The captain ordered the sergeant to punish all ________s and force them to work.






48. Capricious; fanciful. He dismissed his generous gift to his college as a sentimental fancy - an old man's ________ gesture.






49. Needlessly repetitious In the sentence "It was visible to the eye -" the phrase "to the eye" is ________.






50. Time of greatest success; prime In their ________- the San Francisco Forty-Niners won the Super Bowl two years running.