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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Capable of maintaining life; practicable; workable The infant - though prematurely born - is ________ and has a good chance to survive.






2. Lacking in seriousness; self-indulgently carefree; relatively unimportant Though Nancy enjoyed Bill's ________ - lighthearted companionship - she sometimes wondered whether he could ever be serious.






3. Bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization This building marks the ________ of all our aspirations and years of hard work.






4. Ghastly She shuddered at the ________ sight.






5. Not practical or applied; hypothetical Bob was better at applied engineering and computer programming than he was at ________ physics and math. While I can still think of some theoretical objections to your plan - you've convinced me of its basic sou






6. Bossy; arrogant; decisively important Certain of her own importance and of the unimportance of everyone else - Lady Bracknell was intolerably ________ in manner. "In choosing a husband -" she said - "good birth is of ________ importance; compared to






7. Pertaining to the art of delineating; vividly described I was particularly impressed by the ________ presentation of the storm.






8. Wild tumult When the ships collided in the harbor - ________ broke out among the passengers.






9. Keep away from Cherishing his solitude - the recluse ________ned the company of other human beings.






10. Clumsy person The delivery boy is an awkward ________.






11. Into parts; apart Their points of view are poles ________.






12. Ponder For a moment he ________d about the beauty of the scene - but his thought soon changed as he recalled his own personal problems.






13. Desertion The children - who had made him an idol - were hurt most by his ________ from our cause.






14. Connoisseur of food and drink The ________ stated that this was the best onion soup she had ever tasted.






15. Refutation; response with contrary evidence The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her ________.






16. Silly; senseless Such comments are ________ because they do not help us solve our program.






17. Waste The prodigal son ________ed the family estate.






18. Shrewd; thrifty - The ________ Scotsman was more than a match for the swindlers.






19. Weightless I can evaluate the data gathered in this study; the ________ items are not so easily analyzed.






20. Stealthily lie in waiting; slink; exist unperceived "Who knows what evils ________ in the hearts of men? The shadow knows."






21. Something new; newness The computer is no longer a ________ around the office.






22. Dedicate; sanctify We shall ________ our lives to this noble purpose.






23. Lying; false He was pathological liar - and his friends learned to discount his ________ stories.






24. Calm; pacify The crew tried to ________ the fears of the passengers by announcing that the fire had been controlled.






25. Gaiety; cheerfulness The festive Christmas dinner was a merry one - and old and young alike joined in the general ________.






26. Mar; disfigure If you ________ a library book - you will have to pay a hefty fine.






27. Fair; impartial I am seeking an ________ solution to this dispute - one which will be fair and acceptable to both sides.






28. Long period of time; an age It has taken ________s for our civilization to develop.






29. Good-fellowship - What he loved best about his job was the sense of ________ he and his co-workers shared.






30. Hatch; scheme Inasmuch as our supply of electricity is cut off - we shall have to rely on the hens to ________ these eggs.






31. Supposed; reputed Although there are some doubts - the ________ author of this work is Massinger.






32. Living at the same time as; contemporary ________ with the dinosaur - the pterodactyl flourished during the Mesozoic era.






33. Pester; annoy She was forced to change her telephone number because she was ________ed by obscene phone calls.






34. Baffle; frustrate He felt that everyone was tying to ________ his plans and prevent his success.






35. Relieve This should ________ the pain; if it does not - we shall have to use stronger drugs.






36. Denoting an unobstructed and comprehensive view On a clear day - from the top of the World Trade Center you can get a ________ view of New York City and neighboring stretches of New Jersey and Long Island.






37. An assumed name John Smith's ________ was Bob Jones.






38. Free; disentangle He found that he could not ________ himself from the trap.






39. Disregard Be prepared to ________ what he has to say about his ex-wife.






40. Falling off - as of leaves The oak is a ________ tree.






41. Ill-humored; irritable - Constantly complaining about his treatment and refusing to cooperate with the hospital staff - he was a ________ patient.






42. Sink The sailors decided to ________ their vessel rather than surrender it to the enemy.






43. Very cautious. The spies grew ________ as they approached the sentry.






44. Interdependent relationship (between groups - species) - often mutually beneficial Both the crocodile bird and the crocodile derive benefit from their ________; pecking away at food particles embedded in the crocodile's teeth - the bird derives nouri






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






46. Commotion; riot; noise She could not make herself heard over the ________ of the mob.






47. Shed or cast off hair or feathers The male robin ________ed in the spring.






48. Denial; disclaiming His ________ of his part in the conspiracy was not believed by the jury.






49. Doubtful He has the ________ distinction of being the lowest man in his class.






50. Warn; reprove He ________ed his listeners to change their wicked ways.







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