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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Forewarning We ignored these ________s of disaster because they appeared to be based on childish fears.






2. Disentangle; solve With equal ease Miss Marple ________ed tangled balls of yarn and baffling murder mysteries.






3. Fitness; talent The counselor evaluated his ________s before advising him about the career he should follow.






4. Journey Auntie Mame was a world traveler whose ________s took her from Tiajuana to Timbuctoo.






5. Periodic; on and off Our picnic was marred by ________ rains.






6. To make invalid Once the contract was ________(ied)- it no longer had any legal force.






7. Pertaining to memory He used ________ tricks to master new words.






8. Dry; barren The cactus had adapted to survive in an ________ environment.






9. Spread randomly; sprinkle; scatter Preceding the bride to the altar - the flower girl will ________ rose petals along the aisle.






10. Insane She became increasingly ________ and had to be hospitalized.






11. Case for a sword blade; sheath The drill master told the recruit to wipe the blood from his sword before slipping it back into the ________.






12. Elastic; having the power of springing back Highly ________ - steel makes excellent bedsprings.






13. Showing hard work; taking great care The new high-frequency word list is the result of ________ efforts on the part of our research staff.






14. Unit of light energy (one candle's worth) In buying light bulbs - she checked not only their power - as measured in watts - but their brightness - as measured in ________s.






15. Disable During the winter - many people were ________d by respiratory ailments.






16. Modest; shy Given Susan't ________ personality - no one expected her to take up public speaking; surprisingly enough - she became a star of the school debate team.






17. Exclamation He could not repress an ________ of surprise when he heard the news.






18. Noble; aristocratic We greatly admired her well-bred - ________ elegance






19. Pleasantly tart-tasting; stimulating The ________sauce added to our enjoyment of the meal.






20. Put under a spell; carry away with emotion Shafts of sunlight on a wall could ________ her and leave her spellbound.






21. Small ornamental statuette In the Maltese Falcon - Sam Spade was hired to trace the missing ________ of a black bird.






22. Youthful; immature - In that youthful movement - the leaders were only a little less ________ than their immature followers.






23. Swift; momentarily brilliant We all wondered at his ________ rise to fame.






24. Blameless and exemplary Her conduct in office was ________ and her record is spotless.






25. Double-dealing; hypocrisy People were shocked and dismayed when they learned of his ________ in this affair - as he had always seemed honest and straightforward.






26. Avoid He tried to ________ all display of temper.






27. Withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity The slow ________ of the flood waters created problems for the crews working to restore power to the area.






28. Inscription in memory of a dead person In his will - he dictated the ________ he wanted placed on his tombstone.






29. Clumsy; boorish Such remarks are ________ and out of place; you should apologize for making them.






30. Give an indication beforehand; portend; prefigure In retrospect - political analysts realized that Yeltsin's defiance of the attempted coup ________ed his emergence as the dominant figure of the new Russian republic.






31. Trusted friend He had no ________s with whom he could discuss his problems at home.






32. Lying on back The defeated pugilist lay ________ on the canvas.






33. Discharge; give forth The maple syrup is obtained from the sap that the trees ________ in early spring.






34. Science of preparing and serving good food One of the by-products of his trip to Europe was his interest in ________; he enjoyed preparing and serving foreign dishes to his friends.






35. Violate; encroach I think your machine ________s on my patent and intend to sue.






36. Mental disorder marked by confusion The drunkard in his ________ saw strange animals.






37. Appearance of truth; likelihood Critics praised her for the ________ of her performance as Lady Macbeth. She was completely believable.






38. Bored with pleasure or dissipation Your ________ attitude gives your students an erroneous impression of the joys of scholarship.






39. Not able to be pierced or entered How could the murderer have gotten into the locked room? To Watson - the mystery - like the room - was ________e.






40. Agreeable; lovable His ________ disposition pleased all who had dealings with him.






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






42. 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.






43. Deception; trickery The Trojan War proved to the Greeks that cunning and ________ were often more effective than military might.






44. Dirty; neglected; poor It is easy to see how crime can breed in such a ________ neighborhood.






45. Totally clear; definite; outspoken Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied: be ________ about what's bugging you.






46. Concerning trade I am more interested in the opportunites available in the ________ field than I am in those in the legal profession.






47. Carelessly; unintentionally; by oversight She ________ omitted two questions on the examination and mismarked her answer sheet.






48. Member of the working class The aristocrats feared mob rule and gave the right to vote only to the wealthy - thus depending the ________s of a voice in government.






49. Slow up; loosen As they passed the finish line - the runners ________ed their pace.






50. Agent; messenger The secretary of State was sent as the President's special ________ to the conference on disarmament.