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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

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1. Clever reply He was famous for his witty ________ and his sarcasm.






2. Harshness; plainness The newspapers disapproved of the ________ of the sentence.






3. False belief; hallucination This scheme is a snare and a ________.






4. Cheating; deceitful The government seeks to prevent ________ and misleading advertising.






5. Coloring matter Van Gogh mixed various ________s with linseed oil to create his paints.






6. Speediness; prompt execution; message sent with all due speed Young Napoleon defeated the enemy with all possible dispatch; he then sent a ________ to headquarters - informing his commander of the great victory.






7. Study of fish Jacques Cousteau's rpograms about sea life have advanced the cause of ________.






8. Lean and angular; barren His once-round face looked surprisingly ________ after he had lost weight.






9. Calm; impartial In a ________ analysis of the problem - he carefully examined the causes of the conflict and proceeded to suggest suitable remedies.






10. Startling twise; caprice By a ________ of fate - he found himself working for the man whom he had discharged years before.






11. Appease Nothing he did could ________ her wrath; she was unforgiving.






12. Without an equal; single in kind You have the ________ distinction of being the first student whom I have had to fail in this course.






13. Half asleep The heavy meal and the overheated room made us all ________ and indifferent to the speaker.






14. Scatter; drive away; cause to vanish The bright sunlight eventually ________led the morning mist.






15. Denial I must accept his argument since you have been unable to present any ________ of his evidence.






16. Difference; condition of inequality The ________ in their ages made no difference at all.






17. Something that relieves pain Friendship is the finest ________ for the pangs of disappointed love.






18. Annoy; chafe Their taunts ________ed him.






19. Humiliate; punish the flesh She was so ________(ied) by her blunder that she ran to her room in tears.






20. Ability to foretell the future Given the current wave of Japan-bashing - it does not take ________ for me to foresee problems in our future trade relations with Japan.






21. Preventing infection; having a cleansing effect Hospitals succeeded in lowering the mortality rate as soon as they introduced ________ conditions.






22. Thrift; economy In these economically difficult days businesses must practice ________ or risk bankruptcy.






23. Rearing up on hind legs; unrestrained The ________ weeds in the garden killed all the flowers that had been planted in the spring.






24. Small ring; band - This tiny ________ is very costly because it is set with precious stones.






25. Ancient paper made from stem of papyrus plant The ancient Egyptians were among the first to write on ________.






26. Mix; work dough Her hands grew strong from ________ing bread.






27. Kill - usually one out of ten We do more to ________ our population in automobile accidents than we do in war.






28. Perceive intuitively; foresee the future Nothing infuriated Tom more than Aunt Polly's ability to ________ when he was not telling the truth.






29. Disapproval; condemnation The conservative father viewed his daughter's radical boyfriend with ________.






30. With a sideways or indirect look Looking ________ at her questioner - she displayed her scorn.






31. Fret about; hesitate - for ethical reasons Fearing that her husband had become involved in an affair - she did not ________ to read his diary.






32. Speak evil of; defame Because of her hatred of the family - she ________s all who are friendly to them.






33. Minor quarrel; bickering Children invariably get involved in petty ________s; wise parents know when to interfere and when to let the children work things out on their own.






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






35. Increase How can we hope to ________ our forces when our allies are deserting us?






36. State confidently I wish to ________ that I am certain of success.






37. Generate pus When her finger began to ________ - the doctor lanced it and removed the splinter that had caused the pus to form.






38. Speed of music I find the conductor's ________ too slow for such a brilliant piece of music.






39. Scatter The police fired tear gas into crowd to ________ the protesters.






40. Absence of contradictions; dependability; uniformity; degree of thickness Holmes judged puddings and explanations on their ________; he liked his puddings without lumps and his explanations without improbabilities.






41. Bloody The audience shuddered as they listened to the details of the ________ massacre.






42. Infallibility Jane refused to believe in the pope's ________ - reasoning: "All human beings are capable of error. The pope is a human being. Therefore - he pope is capable of error.






43. Implied comparison "He soared like an eagle" is an example of a simile; "He is an eagle in flight -" is a ________.






44. Neat and trim In "The Odd Couple -" Tony Randall played Felix Unger - an excessively ________ soul who could not stand to have a hair out of place.






45. Weightless I can evaluate the data gathered in this study; the ________ items are not so easily analyzed.






46. Troublesome or annoying person He was a ________; always bothering people.






47. Blessing The appearance of the sun after the many rainy days was like a ________.






48. Insane He had to be institutionalized because he was ________.






49. Understatement for emphasis To say - "He little realizes -" when we mean that he does not realize at all - is an example of the kind of understatement we call ________.






50. Thriftless He was constantly being warned to mend his ________ ways and begin to "save for a rainy day."







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