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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Acquire; take possession of for one's own use The ranch owners ________d the lands that had originally been set aside for the Indians' use.






2. Premonition; foreboding Hamlet felt a ________ about his meeting with Laertes.






3. Pertaining to the people He lamented the passing of aristocratic society and maintained that a ________ society would lower the nation's standards.






4. Food of the gods ________ was supposed to give immortality to any human who ate it.






5. Related; similar in nature or character Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn were two ________ spirits.






6. Overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse Unlike Widow Douglass - who ________d Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.






7. Yielding He was ________ and ready to go along with his friends' desires.






8. Trite remark; commonplace statement he ________s in his speech were applauded by the vast majority in his audience; only a few people perceived how trite his remarks were.






9. Infallibly My teacher ________ pounced on the one typographical error in my essay.






10. Imitation Her gift for ________ was so great that her friends said that she should be in the theater.






11. To draft for military purposes; to take for public use The policeman ________ed the first car that approached and ordered the driver to go to the nearest hospital.






12. Perfect example or embodiment Singing "I am the very model of a modern Major-General" in The Pirates of Penzance - Major-General Stanley proclaimed himself the ________ of an officer and a gentleman.






13. Like a glacier; extremely cold Never a warm person - when offended hugo could seem positively ________.






14. Dull We were disappointed by the ________ performance.






15. Firm grasp or footing The mountaineer struggled to get a proper ________ on the slippery rock.






16. Agree If I ________ to this demand for blackmail - I am afraid that I will be the victim of future demands.






17. One who harvests grain Death - the Grim ________ - cuts down men and women - just as a farmer cuts down the ripened grain.






18. Tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass - etc. - produce interesting symmetrical effects People found a new source of entertainment while peering through the ________; they found the ever-changing patterns






19. Cure-all; remedy for all diseases There is no easy ________ that will solve our complicated international situation.






20. Number of members necessary to conduct a meeting The senator asked for a roll call to determine whether a ________ was present.






21. Weak; ineffective Although he wished to break the nicotine habit - he found himself ________ in resisisting the craving for a cigarette.






22. Suffering from indigestion All the talk about rich food made him feel ________.






23. Abundant; current In the face of the many rumors of scandal - which are ________ at the moment - it is best to remain silent.






24. Drunken revel - The party degenerated into an ugly ________.






25. Capable of using either hand with equal ease A switch-hitter in baseball should be naturally ________.






26. Contend; compete Politicians ________ with one another - competing for donations and votes.






27. V. abstain from; resist n. chorus Whenever he heard a song with a lively chorus - Sol could never ________ from joining in on the refrain.






28. Unselfishly generous; concerned for others In providing tutorial assistance and college scholarships to hundreds of economically disadvantaged youths - Eugene Lang performed a truly ________ deed.






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






30. Capture; enslave From the moment he saw her picture - he was ________ed by her beauty.






31. Joining; associating with His ________ with the political party was of short duration for he soon disagreed with his colleagues.






32. Banish; consign to inferior position If we ________ these experts to minor posts because of their political persuasions - we shall lose their valuable services.






33. Great influence (especially political or social) - Gatsby wondered whether he had enough ________ to be admitted to the exclusive club.






34. Divided into classes; arranged into strata As the economic gap between the rich and the poor increased - Roman society grew increasingly ________.






35. Drug that relieves pain; opiate His pain was so great that no ________ could relieve it.






36. Dominance - especially of one nation over others As one Eastern European nation after another declared its independence - commentators marveled at the sudden breakdown of the once monolithic Soviet ________.






37. Subdue; crush; squash The authorities acted quickly to ________ the student rebellion - sending in tanks to cow the demonstrators.






38. Equality; close resemblance I find your analogy inaccurate because I do not see the ________ between the two illustrations.






39. Tightly packed; firm; brief His short - ________ body was better suited to wrestling than to basketball.






40. Active; efficient A ________ government is necessary to meet the demands of a changing society.






41. Scolding woman No one wanted to marry Shakespeare's Kate because she was a ________.






42. Varied; greatly diversified A career woman and mother - she was constantly busy with the ________ activities of her daily life.






43. Free The company offered to give one package ________ to every purchaser of one of their products.






44. Daring; bold Audiences cheered as Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia made their ________ - death-defying leap to freedom and escaped Darth Vader's troops.






45. Real being As soon as the charter was adopted - the United Nations became an ________ and had to be considered as a factor in world diplomacy.






46. Specialist in classifying (animals - etc.) Dental patterns often enable the ________ to distinguish members of one rodent species from those of another.






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






48. Begin; originate; receive into a group The college is about to ________ a program for reducing math anxiety among students.






49. Unwilling; reluctant; stingy We received only ________ support from the mayor despite his earlier promises of aid.






50. Going astray; erratic Your ________ behavior in this matter puzzles me since you are usually direct and straightforward.