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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Dishonest behavior The investigation into municipal corruption turned up new instances of ________ daily.






2. Summarize Let us ________ what has been said thus far before going ahead.






3. Lower; degrade; humiliate - Anna expected to have to curtsy to the King of Siam; when told to cast herself down on the ground before him - however she refused to ________ herself.






4. Stubbornly wrongheaded; wicked and unacceptable When Hannibal Lecter was in a ________ mood - he ate the flesh of his victims.






5. Traditional; conservative in belief Faced with a problem - he preferred to take an ________ approach rather than shock anyone.






6. 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 ________.






7. Kindle; light When Desi crooned - "Baby - light my fire -" literal-minded Lucy looked around for some paper to ________.






8. Move troops so that the battle line is extended at the expense of depth The general ordered the battalion to ________ in order to meet the offensive of the enemy.






9. Reluctant He was ________ to revealing the sources of his information.






10. At the point of death The doctors called the family to the bedside of the ________ patient.






11. Ability to identify with another's feelings - ideas - etc What made Ann such a fine counselor was her ________ - her ability to put herself in her client's place and feel his emotions as if they were her own.






12. Body divided into ranks It was difficult to step out of one's place in this ________.






13. Pure; spotless The West Point cadets were ________ as they lined up for inspection.






14. Motionless; stale; dull The ________ water was a breeding ground for disease






15. Avoid (responsibility - work - etc.); malinger Brian has a strong sense of duty; he would never ________ any responsibility.






16. Versatile; able to take on many forms A remarkably ________ actor - Alec Guinness could take on any role.






17. Spoil the effect of; make inoperative Fraud will ________ the contract.






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






19. Correct; change - generally for the better Hoping to ________ his condition - he left Vietnam for the United States.






20. Feasible The board of directors decided that the plan was ________ and agreed to undertake the project.






21. Discuss lightly; exchange blows or words The president refused to ________ words with reporters at the press conference.






22. Imposing; impressive His ________ manner impressed those who met him for the first time.






23. Fretful; whining His classmates were repelled by his ________ and complaining statements.






24. Wandering away from the subject Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their offical theme; his ________s were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.






25. Stiff and unyielding; strict; hard and unbending By living with a man to whom she was not married - George Eliot broke Victorian society's most ________ rule of respectable behavior.






26. A servile dependent He was always accompanied by several of his ________s because he enjoyed their subservience and flattery.






27. Words formed in imitation of natural sounds Words like "rustle" and "gargle" are illustrations of ________.






28. Pompous; self-important Convinced of his own importance - the actor strutted about the dressing room with a ________ air.






29. Lasting; surviving Keats believed in the ________ power of great art - which outlast its creator's brief lives.






30. Happines; appropriateness (of a remark - choice - etc.) She wrote a note to the newlyweds wishing them great ________ in their wedded life.






31. Positive; arbitrary Do not be so ________ about that statement; it can be easily refuted.






32. Not wise I think it is ________ to raise this issue at the present time because the public is too angry.






33. Fragment - generally of pottery The archaeologist assigned several students the task of reassembling earthenware vessels from the ________s he had brought back from the expedition.






34. Dismay; shock We were ________led by the horrifying conditions in the city's jails.






35. Obsolete; outdated Accustomed to editing his papers on word processors - Philip thought typewriters were too ________ for him to use.






36. Uprightness; incorruptibility Everyone took his ________ for granted; his defalcations - therefore - shocked us all.






37. Short speech at conclusion of dramatic work The audience was so disappointed in the play that many did not remain to hear the ________.






38. Arouse to action The demogogue ________d the mob to take action into its own hands.






39. Open widely The huge pit ________d before him; if he stumbled - he would fall in.






40. Give up temporarily; yield. I will ________ my rights in this matter in order to expedite our reaching a proper decision.






41. Bending of a ray of light When you look at a stick inserted in water - it looks bent because of the ________ of the light by the water.






42. Disgraceful The country smarted under the ________ defeat and dreamed of the day when it would be victorious.






43. Plowed but sowed; uncultivated Farmers have learned that it is advisable to permit land to let ________ every few years.






44. Native Tobacco is one of the ________ plants that the early explorers found in this country.






45. Bleach; whiten Although age had ________ed his hair - he was still vigorous and energetic.






46. Lacking in seriousness; self-indulgently carefree; relatively unimportant Though Nancy enjoyed Bill's ________ - lighthearted companionship - she sometimes wondered whether he could ever be serious.






47. Slanderous remark Do not cast ________s on her character.






48. Not literal - but metaphorical; using a figure of speech "To lose one's marbles" is a ________ expression; if you're told Jack has lost his marbles - no one expects you to rush out to buy him a replacement set.






49. Formal essay In order to earn a graduate degree from many of our universities - a candidate is frequently required to prepare a ________ on some scholarly subject.






50. Matchless; not able to be imitated We admire Auden for his ________ use of language; he is one of a kind.







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