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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Strong emotion Margo was a creature of extremes - at one moment in ________s of joy over a vivid sunset - at another moment in transports of grief over a dying bird.
platitude
transport
marsupial
anomalous
2. Art of dancing - Martha Graham introduced a form of ________ that seemed awkward and alien to those who had been brought up on classic ballet.
choreography
repress
emissary
dissertation
3. Explain; interpret If I ________ your remarks correctly - you disagree with the theory already advanced.
restive
eulogistic
depict
construe
4. Thought - Mathematics problems sometimes require much ________.
saline
recrimination
robust
cerebration
5. Mix; work dough Her hands grew strong from ________ing bread.
knead
flamboyant
pathological
prohibitive
6. Slightly sour; sharp; caustic James was unpopular because of his sarcastic and ________ remarks.
acidulous
complicity
blatant
nugatory
7. Goal; aim A degree in medicine was her ultimate ________.
perpetrate
obliterate
objective
decoy
8. Unaccustomed He hesitated to assume the ________ role of master of ceremonies at the dinner.
minutiae
monumental
unwonted
obscure
9. Scold; rant You may ________ at him all you want; you will never change him.
rail
flair
welter
volatile
10. Appearance; costume In the ________ of a plumber - the detective investigated the murder case.
renovate
guise
charlatan
tightwad
11. Block legislation by making long speeches Even though we disapproved of Senator Foghorn's political goals - we were impressed by his ability to ________ endlessly to keep an issue from coming to a vote.
wrest
dank
filibuster
intervene
12. Loosely connected Though he tried to follow the plot of Gravity's Rainbow - John found the novel too ________.
episodic
consistency
dormant
severance
13. Extremely poor The costs of the father's illness left the family ________.
malediction
motley
ape
destitute
14. Not lasting forever; limited by time; secular At one time in our history - ________ rulers assumed that they had been given their thrones by divine right.
stygian
temporal
evasive
caliber
15. Foremost in importance; supreme Proper nutrition and hygiene are of ________ importance in adolescent development and growth.
mordant
volition
paramount
holster
16. Counterfeit; not authentic The police quickly found the distributors of the ________ twenty-dollar bills.
leniency
oracular
bogus
foliage
17. Ability; capacity - A man of such ________ should not be assigned such menial tasks.
caliber
skimp
intransigence
imbroglio
18. Journey Auntie Mame was a world traveler whose ________s took her from Tiajuana to Timbuctoo.
friction
peregrination
penury
agitate
19. Portray He is weakest when he attempts to ________ character.
resilient
ratiocination
figment
delineate
20. Capable of being repaired Fortunately - the damages we suffered in the accident were ________ and our car looks brand new.
potentate
checkered
reparable
gauche
21. Babble The children ________ endlessly about their new toys.
seamy
lateral
annul
prattle
22. Concise; meaty I enjoy reading his essays because they are always compact and ________.
pithy
insalubrious
deposition
recondite
23. Fashionable She always discarded all garments that were no longer ________.
celerity
defection
commemorative
modish
24. Positive; arbitrary Do not be so ________ about that statement; it can be easily refuted.
despicable
tumid
dogmatic
inquisitive
25. Female warrior Ever since the days of Greek mythology we refer to strong and aggressive women as ________s.
ichthyology
amazon
inimitable
automaton
26. Wrap around; bandage When I visited him in the hospital - I found him ________d in bandages.
recant
swathe
alacrity
compilation
27. Marked by changes in fortune - During his ________ career he had lived in palatial mansions and in dreary boardinghouses.
checkered
plenitude
acrid
holster
28. Not repentant We could see by his brazen attitude that he was ________.
leniency
brazen
impenitent
palimpsest
29. Abusive; scolding He became more ________ as he realized that we were not going to grant him his wish.
neologism
amalgamate
jovial
vituperative
30. Gloomy Do not be misled by his ________ countenance; he is not as gloomy as he looks.
caulk
saturnine
finale
prune
31. Wooden; impassive We wanted to see how long he could maintain his ________ expression.
deadpan
satellite
vehement
migrant
32. Feverish In his ________ condition - he was subject to nightmares and hallucinations.
agrarian
febrile
grouse
compliant
33. Unconquerable The founders of our country had ________ willpower.
indomitable
longevity
trinket
dilemma
34. Stopping - The workers threatened a ________ of all activities if their demands were not met.
unfrock
ichthyology
cessation
subtlety
35. Local or provincial dialect His years of study of the language at the university did not enable him to understand the ________ of the natives.
chagrin
omnipresent
patois
charisma
36. Novel; unparalleled Margaret Mitchell's book Gone with the Wind was an ________ success.
ceremonious
laconic
unprecedented
bountiful
37. Food I am very happy to be able to provide you with these ________; I know you are hungry.
victuals
barterer
arrogance
potable
38. Murder of a king or queen The beheading of Mary Queen of Scots was an act of ________.
magnitude
perquisite
regicide
spatula
39. Unchangeable Scientists are constantly seeking to discover the ________ laws of nature.
quisling
immutable
factotum
import
40. Rebuke; deserts After his earlier rudeness - we were delighted to see him get his ________.
quisling
antagonistic
faze
comeuppance
41. Condemn; critcize The reform candidate ________d the corrupt city officers for having betrayed the public's trust.
finesse
officious
advocate
denounce
42. Fickle; changing He was of a ________ temperament and therefore unpredictable.
raiment
mercurial
coincident
mettle
43. Move faster In our science class - we learn how falling bodies ________.
suavity
surpass
accelerate
euphony
44. Ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living Children were afraid to go to sleep at night because of the many legends of ________s.
vampire
lien
anarchist
latent
45. Writings preceding and following the passage quoted Because these lines are taken out of ________ - they do not convey the message the author intended.
pithy
introspective
context
inception
46. Officeholder The newly elected public official received valuable advice from the present ________.
motley
interminable
incumbent
manifest
47. Uncorrectable Though Widow Douglass hoped to reform Huck - Miss Watson pronounced him ________le and said he would come to no good end.
inveigh
formidable
incorrigible
consign
48. Affected; not natural Attempting to copy the style of his wealthy neighbors - Gatsby adopted a ________ - artificial way of speech.
mannered
tacit
gambol
stalemate
49. Outer boundary To find the ________ of any quadrilateral - we add the lengths of the four sides.
celibate
perimeter
moribund
satellite
50. Winding; full of curves Because this road is so ________ - it is unwise to go faster than twenty miles an hour on it.
cataract
conception
floe
tortuous