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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Ornament worn on the shoulder (of a uniform - etc.) The shoulder loops on Sam Spade's trench coat are the nonmilitary counterparts of the fringed ________s on George Washington's uniform.
squalid
epaulet
potentate
prolific
2. Beastlike; brutal; inhuman The Red Cross sought to put an end to the ________ treatment of prisoners of war.
miscellany
collage
assay
bestial
3. Causing sadness - compassion - pity; touching Everyone in the auditorium was weeping by the time he finished his ________ tale about the orphaned boy.
holster
pathetic
concur
gargolye
4. Inlaid; mosaic I recall seeing a table with a ________ top of bits of stone and glass in a very interesting pattern.
disclaim
tesselated
hackles
expatiate
5. Ability to be molded When clay dries out - it loses its ________ and becomes less malleable.
inanimate
plasticity
mimicry
rustic
6. Infringe; touch; collide with How could they be married without ________ing on one another's freedom?
eerie
impinge
muddle
catechism
7. Conceited smile Wipe that ________ off your face!
smirk
dwindle
epigram
sedition
8. Poverty Neither the economists nor the political scientists have found a way to wipe out the inequities of wealth and eliminate ________ from our society.
bland
indigence
posterity
muggy
9. Token of disgrace; brand I do not attach any ________ to the fact that you were accused of this crime; the fact that you were acquitted clears you completely.
anarchist
stigma
peregrination
eulogy
10. Extremely small The twins resembled one another closely; only ________ differences set them apart.
embark
enfranchise
subjective
minute
11. Deny; go back on He ________d on paying off his debt.
purport
renege
pall
calligraphy
12. Quarrelsome Whenever he had too much to drink - he became________and tried to pick fights with strangers.
effeminate
assail
quietude
belligerent
13. Quality of being unsophisticated I cannot believe that such ________ is unassumed in a person of her age and experience.
memorialize
nondescript
interminable
naivete
14. Living at the same time as; contemporary ________ with the dinosaur - the pterodactyl flourished during the Mesozoic era.
delirium
polemic
compendium
coeval
15. Division; partition; separation The ________ of church and state is a basic principle of our government.
influx
hypothetical
severance
perversion
16. Express disapproval of; protest against; belittle A firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post ________d the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.
deprecate
scintillate
exposure
disquisition
17. Kind His ________ and considerate treatment of the unfortunate endeared him to all.
dilemma
progeny
humane
anomaly
18. Showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm His ________ nature could not be repressed.
penitent
vitriolic
ebullient
prominent
19. Exalted; noble; uplifting Mother Teresa has been honored for her ________ deeds.
marital
entree
sublime
avarice
20. Assent; agree passively Although she appeared to ________ to her employer's suggestions - I could tell she had reservations about the changes he wanted made.
worldly
hackneyed
acquiesce
perversion
21. Steep; overhasty This hill is difficult to climb because it is so ________; one slip - and our descent will be precipitous as well.
hypothetical
precipitous
unguent
salacious
22. Harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill In a controlled experiment - fifty volunteers were given erythromycin tablets; the control group received only ________s.
musty
asunder
retaliate
placebo
23. Put into effect; supply with tools The mayor was unwilling to ________ the plan until she was sure it had the governor's backing.
codify
ragamuffin
converge
implement
24. Express sympathetic sorrow His friends gathered to ________ with him over his loss.
uncanny
debase
smolder
condole
25. Pertaining to the woods; rustic His paintings of nymphs in ________ backgrounds were criticized as oversentimental.
effectual
sylvan
gruel
suborn
26. Trinket; trifle The child was delighted with the ________ she had won in the grab bag.
bauble
mayhem
pillage
deploy
27. Foretell The vultures flying overhead ________d the discovery of the corpse in the desert.
exacerbate
centigrade
presage
bastion
28. Tending toward the center - Does ________force or the force of gravity bring orbiting bodies to the earth's surface?
valid
centripetal
foliage
menial
29. Repetition of beginning sound in poetry "The furrow followed free" is an example of ________.
inconsequential
fugitive
anathema
alliteration
30. Food I am very happy to be able to provide you with these ________; I know you are hungry.
precedent
victuals
rectitude
befuddle
31. Lacking in flavor; dull Flat prose and flat ginger ale are equally ________: both lack sparkle.
skirmish
gloss
insipid
affected
32. Open for the public to read; obvious It was ________ to everyone that the witness spoke the truth.
valedictory
dire
incongruity
patent
33. Trespass; enter as an uninvited person She hesitated to ________ on their conversation.
gazette
intrude
resilient
apocryphal
34. Pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores During the course of his ________ research - the scientist developed a steel alloy of tremendous strength.
gainsay
outlandish
indignity
metallurgical
35. Approving; applauding The theatrical company reprinted the ________ comments of the critics in its advertisement.
malcontent
detraction
officious
plauditory
36. Combination (of two business corporations) When the firm's president married the director of financial planning - the office joke was that it wasn't a marriage - it was a ________.
languid
merger
touchy
primp
37. Distorted; crooked He held his head ________ - giving the impression that he had caught cold in his neck during the night.
mediate
glutinous
presentiment
awry
38. Assist - usually in doing something wrong - She was unwilling to ________ him in the swindle he had planned.
diaphanous
atrophy
enhance
abet
39. Urge; plead for The abolitionists ________d freedom for the slaves.
comestible
flotsam
equilibrium
advocate
40. Sediment; worthless residue David poured the wine carefully to avoid stirring up the ________.
parry
mercenary
dregs
lucid
41. Insignificant; unimportant Brushing off Ali's apologies for having broken the wine glass - Tamara said - "Don't worry about it; it's ________."
prude
inconsequential
solace
incontinent
42. Unreal; grotesque; whimsical Your fears are ________ because no such animal as you have described exists.
primordial
substantive
veracity
fantastic
43. Adherence to established rules or procedures Signing this petition is a mere ________; it does not obligate you in any way.
integral
gruff
monochromatic
formality
44. Not easily satisfied; greedy Welty's thirst for knowledge was ________; she was in the library day and night.
debunk
obstinate
insatiable
subsidiary
45. Light-hearted; dizzy He felt his ________ youth was past.
jostle
notoriety
primp
giddy
46. Begin; originate; receive into a group The college is about to ________ a program for reducing math anxiety among students.
chasten
initiate
premise
pittance
47. Make discontented The passengers were ________d by the numerous delays.
horticultural
petty
emancipate
disgruntle
48. Dirty; neglected; poor It is easy to see how crime can breed in such a ________ neighborhood.
elicit
harbor
epitaph
squalid
49. Distortion; burlesque - The caricatures he drew always emphasized personal weaknesses of the people he burlesqued.
runic
cathartic
mete
caricature
50. Place where different varieties of trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited Walking along the treelined paths of the ________ - Rita noted poplars - firs - and some particularly fine sycamores.
arboretum
parameter
motility
ascribe