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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Infection Fearing ________ - they took drastic steps to prevent the spread of the disease.
satire
hoax
contagion
jeopardy
2. Seller The fruit ________ sold her wares from a stall on the sidewalk.
vendor
exasperate
geniality
mediate
3. Glass water bottle - With each dinner - the patron receives a ________ of red or white wine.
solstice
carafe
bifurcated
bluff
4. Person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their environment The ________ was concerned that the new dam would upset the natural balance of the creatures living in Glen Canyon.
admonish
atrophy
ecologist
calorific
5. Pamper; indulge excessively Don't ________ the boy - Maud! You'll spoil him.
inveterate
elated
mollycoddle
mammal
6. Shackle The prisoner was ________ed to the wall.
fetter
melee
sheaf
ironic
7. Large city Every evening this terminal is filled with the thousands of commuters who are going from this ________ to their homes in the suburbs.
interim
trenchant
metropolis
environ
8. Furnisher of foodstuffs; caterer As ________ of rare wines and viands - he traveled through France and Italy every year in search of new products to sell.
purveyor
glimmer
polity
conflagration
9. Pen name Samuel Clemens' ________ was Mark Twain.
propitious
traverse
pseudonym
illimitable
10. Urgent situation In this ________ - we must look for aid from our allies.
chaste
exigency
nicety
unconscionable
11. Loyalty A dog's ________ to its owner is one of the reasons why that animal is a favorite household pet.
ceremonious
sultry
fidelity
loll
12. Inclination; natural tendency The cross old lady has a ________ to grumble.
hackneyed
placid
consign
proclivity
13. Collection; heap It took weeks to assort the ________ of miscellaneous items she had collected on her trip.
cloying
ballast
papyrus
agglomeration
14. Incurable; uncorrectable The error she made was ________; she could see no way to repair it.
irremediable
bleak
dissimulate
calamity
15. Treacherous; stealthy; sly The fifth column is ________ because it works secretly within our territory for our defeat.
bourgeois
disconcolate
mete
insidious
16. Motionless; stale; dull The ________ water was a breeding ground for disease
stagnant
spawn
ghastly
allude
17. Preceding in time - rank - etc. Our discussions - ________ to this event - certainly did not give you any reason to believe that we would adopt your proposal.
precedent
assuage
ambivalence
tribunal
18. Enclose; surround Paris was ________ed by a wall
protrude
caliber
oracular
environ
19. Reduce; exhaust We must wait until we ________ our present inventory before we order replacements.
longevity
dilatory
avocation
deplete
20. Machine that separates substances by whirling them - At the dairy - we employ a ________ to separate cream from milk.
browbeat
verge
centrifuge
obloquy
21. Glance coquettishly at; make eyes at Sitting for hours at the sidewalk cafe - the old gentleman would ________ the young girls and recall his youthful romances.
bestial
therapeutic
ablution
ogle
22. Operatic singer; prima donna Although world famous as a ________ - she did not indulge in fits of temerament.
entree
exorbitant
diva
evince
23. Puzzle Depite all attempts to decipher the code - it remained an ________.
stupefy
appurtenances
obviate
enigma
24. Purgative - Some drugs act as laxatives when taken in small doses but act as ________s when taken in much larger doses.
fetter
cathartic
encomium
revelry
25. Active strength Although he was over seventy years old - Jack had the ________ of a man in his prime.
vigor
assessment
anguish
earthy
26. Feeble - ineffective; unthinking - irresponsible Einstein was noted for his extraordinary inspirations; on the other hand - he was noted for being ________ in his daily chores.
feckless
bevy
cleft
squat
27. Rate of occurrence; particular occurrence Health professionals expressed great concern over the high ________ of infant mortality in major urban areas.
advent
stint
incidence
clout
28. Conceited smile Wipe that ________ off your face!
gambol
smirk
equable
tepid
29. Promise or pledge; certainty; self-confidence When Gutherie gave Guiness his ________ that rehearsals were going well - he spoke with such assurance that Guiness was convinced.
assurance
allegory
bureaucracy
microcosm
30. Oily; bland; insincerely suave Uriah Heep disguised his nefarious actions by ________ protestations of his "'umility."
unctous
tyranny
ingenuous
malodorous
31. Twisted; with a humorous twist.We enjoy Dorothy Parker's verse for its _________ wit.
flay
wry
hubris
venerate
32. Dissenting; rebellious In the purge that followed the student demonstrations at Tianamen Square - the government hunted down the ________ students and their supporters.
dissident
cavalcade
paranoia
optimum
33. Wanton; profane He sang a ________ song that offended many of the more prudish listeners.
indubitably
waffle
solicit
ribald
34. Slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic Helen valued people who behaved as if they respected themselves; nothing irritated her more than an excessively ________ waiter or a fawning salesclerk.
dissident
dint
smirk
obsequious
35. Practical person No ________ enjoys becoming involved in a game that he can never win
coda
harbinger
pragmatist
hoard
36. Mar the appearance of; spoil An ugly frown ________d his normally pleasant face.
disfigure
galaxy
absolute
incorporate
37. Stikingly bright; shining with intense heat If you leave on an ________light bulb - it quickly grows too hot to touch.
blanch
incandescent
contagion
preposterous
38. Absurd; ridiculous When the candidate tried to downplay his youthful experiments with marijuana by saying he hadn't inhaled -we all thought - "What a ________ excuse!"
encompass
primogeniture
pendulous
preposterous
39. Cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven As bread dough is ________ed - it puffs up - expanding in volume.
leaven
subsistence
balk
topography
40. Suggested or implied meaning of an expression Foreigners frequently are unaware of the ________s of the words they use.
alimentary
disconcert
droll
connotation
41. Comparable She called our attention to the things that had been done in an ________ situation and recommended that we do the same.
slough
analogous
seamy
philology
42. Incapable of being pacified Madame Defarge was the ________ enemy of the Evremonde family.
demolition
implacable
substantive
insensible
43. Gully Until the heavy rains of the past spring - this ________ had been a dry bed.
monotheism
regimen
fractious
arroyo
44. Excuse He looked for a good ________ to get out of paying a visit to his aunt.
attribute
lewd
extrapolation
pretext
45. Throb We could see the blood vessels in his temple ________ as he became more angry.
ejaculation
deride
pulsate
stalwart
46. Turn upside down or inside out When he ________ed his body in a hand stand - he felt the blood rush to his head.
levitate
amass
invert
vise
47. Pertaining to farewell I found the ________ address too long; leave-taking should be brief.
camaraderie
ragamuffin
asunder
valedictory
48. Fit or attack of pain - laughter - rage When he heared of his son's misdeeds - he was seized by a ________ of rage.
medley
paroxysm
sublimate
perverse
49. Common; pertaining to the common people His speeches were aimed at the ________ minds and emotions; they disgusted the more refined.
plebeian
acrid
ambidextrous
amalgamate
50. Deceptive; not real Unfortunately - the costs of running the lemonade stand were so high that Tom's profits proved ________.
rift
uniformity
lode
illusory