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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Pacify; conciliate The teacher tried to ________ the angry mother.
iota
placate
ambulatory
prod
2. Residue from smelting metal; dross; waste matter The blast furnace had a special opening at the bottom to allow the workers to remove the worthless ________.
slag
clarion
renounce
injurious
3. Ash-colored; deadly pale Her face was ________ with fear.
prattle
ashen
bilk
dislodge
4. Mock; ridicule He ________ed at dentists until he had his first toothache.
scoff
tactile
putative
gouge
5. One who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs Because he switched from one party to another - his former friends shunned him as an ________.
granary
apostate
perusal
commodious
6. Corpse - In some states - it is illegal to dissect ________s.
tremulous
cadaver
exorcise
unprecedented
7. Shell covering the back (of a turtle - crab - etc) - At the children's zoo - Richard perched on top of the giant turtle's hard ________ as it slowly made its way around the enclosure.
askance
amorous
carapace
concession
8. Terse; concise; aphoristic After reading so many redundant speeches - I find his ________ style particulary pleasing.
supine
sententious
dormer
environ
9. Everlasting Ponce de Leon hoped to find ________ youth.
perpetual
extant
elliptical
germane
10. Excessive; overabundant - unnecessary Please try not to include so many ________ details in your report; just give me the bare facts.
superfluous
unseemly
conducive
obeisance
11. Fret about; hesitate - for ethical reasons Fearing that her husband had become involved in an affair - she did not ________ to read his diary.
scruple
innovation
errant
stealth
12. Nearness; kinship Their relationship could not be explained as being based on mere ________: they were more than relatives; they were true friends.
propinquity
energize
languid
despotism
13. Every two years The group held ________ meetings instead of annual ones.
authoritarian
lethal
biennial
ordinance
14. Appearance of truth; likelihood Critics praised her for the ________ of her performance as Lady Macbeth. She was completely believable.
verisimilitude
retrograde
encomiastic
pejorative
15. Clear beef soup The cup of ________ served by the stewards was welcomed by those who had been chilled by the cold ocean breezes.
animated
bouillon
wean
proscenium
16. In confusion; disorderly The excited students dashed ________ into the stadium to celebrate the victory.
overbearing
pellmell
forberance
demolition
17. Survey of enemy by soldiers; reconnoitering If you encounter any enemy soldiers during your ________- capture them for questioning.
zeal
toil
reconnaissance
preclude
18. Foul smelling; unwholesome I never could stand the ________ atmosphere surrounding the slaughter houses.
mulct
assimilate
noisome
prerogative
19. Tolerate; endure The dean would ________ no interference with his disciplinary actions.
brook
indigence
domicile
erratic
20. Fashionable She always discarded all garments that were no longer ________.
obloquy
libertine
lustrous
modish
21. Bulky; large Despite her family burdens - she kept up a ________ correspondence with her friends.
decelerate
incontinent
onerous
voluminous
22. Support; act superior toward Experts in a field sometimes appear to ________ people who are less knowledgeable of the subject.
patronize
archives
inviolability
shunt
23. Characteristic of earlier times; primitive - unspoiled This area has been preserved in all its ________ wildness.
jingoism
voracious
pristine
discerning
24. Tender to sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings. The quiet tone of ________ that ran through the novel never degenerated into the maudlin or the overly sentimental.
traumatic
indignation
pestle
pathos
25. Cut off part of body; prune When the doctors had to ________ Ted Kennedy's leg to prevent the spread of cancer - he did not let the loss of his leg keep him from participating in sports.
platonic
amputate
visionary
pastiche
26. Meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services After her long flight - Jill just wanted to nap - but the ________ bellboy was intent on showing her all the special features of the deluxe suite.
officious
potion
diversity
prerogative
27. Bully; intimidate Billy resisted Ted's attempts to ________ him into handing over his lunch money.
browbeat
sublimate
stellar
conformity
28. Accustom a baby not to nurse; give up a cherished activity. He decided he would ________ himself away from eating junk food and stick to fruits and vegetables.
statute
titter
wean
distill
29. Opposite There is an ________ ratio between the strength of light and its distance.
metaphor
inverse
disapprobation
poultice
30. Begin formally; install in office The candidate promised that he would inaugurate a new nationwide health care plan as soon as he was ________d as president.
sluggard
inaugurate
plausible
warble
31. Complete; consummate; make perfect The waiter recommended a glass of port to ________ the cheese.
complement
wanton
commandeer
deluge
32. Pertaining to induction or preceeding from the specific to the general The discovery of the planet Pluto is an excellent example of the results that can be obtained from ________ reasoning.
opiate
inductive
stifle
stratum
33. Behavior; bearing His sober ________ quieted the noisy revelers.
charisma
breadth
demeanor
bucolic
34. Dark; dusky Despite the stereotype - not all Italians are ________; many are fair and blond.
swarthy
equable
anguish
invulnerable
35. Contradict; give a false impression His coarse - hard-bitten exterior be________d his innate sensitivity.
belie
portend
viper
domicile
36. Cold; cheerless The Aleutian Islands are ________ military outposts.
proletarian
acquittal
bleak
conciliatory
37. Decorate Wall paintings and carved statues ________ed the temple.
vegetate
manifest
piscatorial
adorn
38. Deny; go back on He ________d on paying off his debt.
sedentary
saboteur
renege
suppliant
39. Unsupportable I find your theory ________ and must reject it.
wince
inchoate
spartan
untenable
40. Disgustingly excessive His ________ praise of the dictator annoyed his listeners.
encomium
detached
gentility
fulsome
41. Restore to good condition; renew They claim that they can ________ worn shoes so that they look like new ones.
renovate
maculated
caustic
prate
42. Four-footed animal Most mammals are ________s.
quadruped
proliferate
abnegation
succumb
43. Made of bone; bony The hollow "soft spot" found at the top of the infant's skull gradually closes as new ________ tissue fills in the gap.
hardy
osseus
proponent
mulct
44. Boat or yacht race Many boating enthusiasts followed the ________ in their own yachts.
stifle
minutiae
voracious
regatta
45. Novel; unparalleled Margaret Mitchell's book Gone with the Wind was an ________ success.
unprecedented
stentorian
formality
cant
46. Reproduce; duplicate To the chagrin of the scientists - they were unable to ________ the results of their controversial experiment.
gusto
centrifugal
grapple
replicate
47. Trip - especially one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense Though she maintained she had gone abroad to collect firsthand data on the Common Market - the opposition claimed that her trip was merely a political ________.
junket
canard
disheveled
celibate
48. Intruder The merchant thought of his competitors as ________s who were stealing away his trade.
prevaricate
invalidate
interloper
indefatigable
49. Lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree In Singing in the Rain - Gene Kelly sang and danced his way throughtthe lighthearted title number in a properly ________ style.
tribute
garish
relevant
jaunty
50. Dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual Though the ad writers had come up with a highly creative campaign to publicize the company's newest product - the head office rejected it for a more ________ - down-to-earth approach.
erroneous
lexicon
foist
prosaic