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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. False testimony while under oath When several witnesses appeared to challenge his story - he was indicted for ________.






2. Having the weight of authority; dictatorial We accepted her analysis of the situation as ________.






3. Repay in kind (usually for bad treatment) Fear that we will ________ immediately deters our foe from attacking us.






4. Defeat; frustrate In the end - Skywalker is able to ________ Vader's diabolical schemes.






5. Think over ________ on this problem; the solution will come.






6. Erase; strike out If you ________ this paragraph - the composition will have more appeal.






7. Restrain; handcuff The police immediately ________d the prisoner so he could not escape.






8. Damp The walls of the dungeon were ________ and slimy.






9. Roman army officer - Because he was in command of a company of one hundred soldiers - he was called a ________.






10. Stinging - caustic His tendency to utter ________ remarks alienated his audience.






11. Clumsy; bungling In his usual ________ way - he managed to upset the cart and spill the food.






12. Hang about; wait nearby The police helicopter ________ed above the accident.






13. 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.






14. Servile flatterer The king enjoyed the servile compliments and attentions of the ________s in his retinue.






15. Dull; monotonous After years of adventure - he could not settle down to a ________ existence.






16. Stir up; disturb Her fiery remarks ________d the already angry mob.






17. Protective; pertaining to a guardianship I am acting in my ________ capacity when I refuse to grant you permission to leave the campus.






18. Accident With a little care you could have avoided this ________.






19. Prolong Seeking to delay the union members' vote - the management team tried to ________ the negotiations endlessly - but the union representatives saw through their strategy.






20. Bombastic; stiffly pompous His ________ rhetoric did not impress the college audience; they were immune to bombastic utterances.






21. Slow; sluggish The sailor had been taught not to be ________ in carrying out orders.






22. Path taken by a projectile The police tried to locate the spot from which the assassin had fired the fatal shot by tracing the ________ of the bullet.






23. Cheerful; hopeful Let us not be too ________ about the outcome; something could go wrong.






24. A manually skilled worker Artists and ________s alike are necessary to the development of a culture.






25. Green coating on copper which has been exposed to the weather Despite all attempts to protect the statue from the elements - it became coated with ________.






26. Bantering; joking - Sometimes his flippant and ________ remarks annoy us.






27. Expressing possibility; latent The juvenile delinquent is a ________ murderer.






28. Be thrifty; set limits "Spare no expense -" the bride's father said - refusing to ________ on the wedding arrangements.






29. Move faster In our science class - we learn how falling bodies ________.






30. Effort; expenditure of much physical work The ________ involved in unscrewing the rusty bolt left her exhausted.






31. Rankle - produce irritation or resentment Joe's insult ________ed in Anne's mind for days - and made her too angry to speak to him.






32. Prove genuine An expert was needed to ________ the original Van Gogh painting - distinguishing it from its imitation.






33. Arrogance; excessive self-conceit Filled with ________ - Lear refused to heed his friends' warnings.






34. Schemes I can see through your wily ________.






35. Conference The peace ________ has not produced the anticipated truce.






36. Poverty Neither the economists nor the political scientists have found a way to wipe out the inequities of wealth and eliminate ________ from our society.






37. Subside or moderate - Rather than leaving immediately - they waited for the storm to ________.






38. Supplicatory prayer On this solemn day - the congregation responded to the prayers of the priest during the ________ with fervor and intensity.






39. Expel; drive out The world wondered if Aquino would be able to ________ Marcos from office.






40. Held in common; of a group of people When they were divorced - they had trouble dividing their ________ property.






41. Antiquated "Methinks -" "thee -" and "thou" are ________ words that are no longer part of our normal vocabulary.






42. Living language; natural style Cut out those old-fashioned "thee's" and "thou's" and write in the ________.






43. Recurrent action; musical repetition; repeat performance At Waterloo - it was not the effect of any one skirmish that exhausted Colonel Audly; rather it was the cumulative effect of the constant ________s that left him spent.






44. Dormant; hidden Her ________ talent was discovered by accident.






45. Violent; rough; noisy The unruly crowd became even more ________ when he tried to quiet them.






46. Downward slope The children loved to ski down the ________.






47. Slang In the ________ of the underworld - she "was taken for a ride."






48. Case for arrows Robin Hood reached back and plucked one last arrow from his ________.






49. Winding; bending in and out; not morally honest The snake moved in a ________ manner.






50. Harmony; agreement In ________ with our rules and regulations - I am calling a meeting of our organization.







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