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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Mentally quick and observant; having insight Because he was considered the most ________ member of the firm - he was assigned the most difficult cases.






2. Doubt; challenge; gainsay I cannot ________ your honesty without evidence.






3. 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.






4. Burning; sarcastically biting - The critic's ________ remarks angered the hapless actors who were the subjects of his sarcasm.






5. Treacherous plot Brutus and Cassius joined in the ________ to kill Julius Caesar.






6. Renovate; make bright by polishing The flood left a deposit of mud on everything; it was necessary to ________ our belongings.






7. Ugly Although James was an experienced emergency room nurse - he occasionally became queasy when faced with a particularly ________ injury.






8. Records; history In the ________ of this period - we find no mention of democratic movements.






9. Manner of walking or running; speed The lame man walked with an uneven ________.






10. Prophetic; oracular Until their destruction by fire in 83 B.C. - the ________ books were often consulted by the Romans.






11. Appropriate; fitting He was always able to find the ________ phrase - the correct expression for every occasion.






12. State of reacting readily to appeals - order - etc. The audience cheered and applauded - delighting the performers by its ________.






13. Neglectful of duty; abandoned The corporal who fell asleep while on watch was thrown into the guardhouse for being ________ in his duty.






14. Incipient; coming into being If we could identify these revolutionary movements in their ________ state - we would be able to eliminate serious trouble in later years.






15. Relating to races Intolerance between ________ groups is deplorable and usually is based on lack of information.






16. Affectedly languid He was ________ and indifferent about his part in the affair.






17. Mental or bodily powers; teaching staff As he grew old - he feared he might lose his ________(ies) and become useless to his employer.






18. Produced by fire; volcanic Lava - pumice - and other ________ rocks are found in great abundance around Mount Vesuvius near Naples.






19. Deceiving This is only a mirage; let us not be fooled by its ________ effect.






20. Blood feud The rival mobs engaged in a bitter ________.






21. Advise against He could not ________ his friend from joining the conspirators.






22. Stocky; short and thick Tolkien's hobbits are somewhat ________ - sturdy little creatures - fond of good ale - good music - and good food.






23. Sad; solemn I fail to understand why there is such a ________ atmosphere; we have lost a battle - not a war.






24. Calmness; peace After the commotion and excitement of the city - I appreciate the ________ of these fields and forests.






25. Humorous; jocular Your ________ remarks are not appropriate at this serious moment.






26. Explain; interpret; clarify Harry Levin ________d James Joyce's novels with such clarity that even Finnegan's Wake seemed comprehensible to his students.






27. Widespread; affecting the majority of people They feared the AIDS epidemic would soon reach ________ proportions.






28. Conclusion of an oration The ________ was largely hortatory and brought the audience to its feet clamoring for action at its close.






29. Act of assuming a human body and human nature The ________ of Jesus Christ is a basic tenet of Christian theology.






30. Controlling influence President Marcos failed to maintain his ________ over Philippines.






31. Text of an opera The composer of an opera's music is remembered more frequently than the author of its ________.






32. Capricious; fanciful. He dismissed his generous gift to his college as a sentimental fancy - an old man's ________ gesture.






33. Forerunners; advance forces We are the ________ of a tremendous army that is following us.






34. Everlasting Ponce de Leon hoped to find ________ youth.






35. Method or system of government When a Frenchman mentions the Old ________ - he refers to the government existing before the revolution.






36. Sift; separate good parts from bad. This test will _________ out the students who study from those who don't bother.






37. Oversimplified Though Jack's solution dealt adequately with one aspect of the problem - it was ________ in failing to consider various complicating factors that might arise.






38. Let down; restrain Until it was time to open the presents - the children had to ________ their curiosity.






39. Dry up A tour of this smokehouse will give you an idea of how the pioneers used to ________ food in order to preserve it.






40. Marrigeable Mrs. Bennet - in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - was worried about finding suitable husbands for her five ________ daughters.






41. Death Upon the ________ of the dictator - a bitter dispute about succession to power developed.






42. Drink greedily Singing - "Yo - ho - ho - and a bottle of rum -" Long John Silver and his fellow pirates ________ed their grog.






43. Very high They used to tease him about his ________ ambitions.






44. Hard; strenuous Her ________ efforts had sapped her energy.






45. Supply; allotted amount; assigned portion of work He performed his daily ________ cheerfully and willingly.






46. Slave; bondage The captured soldier was held in ________ by the conquering army.






47. Irregularity A bird that cannot fly is an ________.






48. Three-pronged spear Neptune is usually depicted as rising from the sea - carrying his ________ on his shoulder.






49. Damaged; disfigured She had to refinish the ________surface of the table.






50. Remove water from; dry out Vigorous dancing quickly ________s the body; between dances - be sure to drink more water than normal.