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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Binding; required It is ________ that books borrowed from the library be returned within two weeks.






2. Essential quality His outstanding ________ was his kindness.






3. Mocking The humor of cartoonists Gary Trudeau often is ________; though the comments of the Doonesbury characters - Trudeau ridicules political corruption and folly.






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






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






6. Boredom; weariness We hope this radio will help overcome the ________ of your stay in the hospital.






7. Examine closely and critically Searching for flaws - the sergeant ________d every detail of the private's uniform.






8. Not easily satisfied; greedy Welty's thirst for knowledge was ________; she was in the library day and night.






9. Fear of water; rabies A dog that bites a human being must be observed for symptoms of ________.






10. Stikingly bright; shining with intense heat If you leave on an ________light bulb - it quickly grows too hot to touch.






11. Dig into They ________(ied) blocks of marble out of the hillside.






12. Pardon (an offense) The father confessor ________d him of his sins.






13. Location The attorney asked for a change of ________; he thought his client would do better if the trial were held in a less conservative county.






14. Close; squeeze; The ________ed the package under her arm.






15. Language; idiom All this legal ________ confuses me; I need an interpreter.






16. Peak We could see the morning sunlight illuminate the ________ while the rest of the mountain lay in shadow.






17. Story set to music - to be sung by a chorus - The choral society sang the new ________ composed by its leader.






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






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






20. Start; beginning She was involved with the project from its ________.






21. Capable of being shaped by pounding Gold is a ________ metal.






22. Authorized agent Please act as my ________ and vote for this slate of candidates in my absence.






23. Reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises While Watson was a man of average intelligence - Holmes was a genius - whose gift for ________ made him a superb detective.






24. Riddle; difficult problem During the long car ride - she invented ________s to entertain the children.






25. Oppose with arguments; contradict To ________ your theory will require much time but it is essential that we disprove it.






26. Sudden violent change of feeling; negative reaction Many people in this country who admired dictatorships underwent a ________ when they realized what Hitler and Mussolini were trying to do.






27. Estimate the value of It is difficult to ________ old paintings; it is easier to call them priceless.






28. Wrestle; come to grips with He ________d with the burglar and overpowered him.






29. A disorderly or untidy state After the New Year's party - the once orderly house was in total ________.






30. Habitual intoxication Because of his ________ - he was discharged from his position as family chauffeur.






31. Powerlessness; feebleness The lame duck President was frustrated by his shift from enormous power to relative ________.






32. Gentle breeze; west wind. When these _________s blow - it is good to be in an open boat under a full sail.






33. A covered passageway - usually lined with shops The ________ was popular with shoppers because it gave them protection from the summer sun and the winter rain.






34. Pertaining to induction or preceeding from the specific to the general The discovery of the planet Pluto is an excellent example of the results that can be obtained from ________ reasoning.






35. Favoritism (to a relative) John left his position with the company because he felt that advancement was based on ________ rather than ability.






36. Porous; allowing passage through Glass is ________ to light.






37. Combination (of two business corporations) When the firm's president married the director of financial planning - the office joke was that it wasn't a marriage - it was a ________.






38. Most favorable If you wait for the ________ moment to act - you may never begin your project .






39. Local or provincial dialect His years of study of the language at the university did not enable him to understand the ________ of the natives.






40. Impetuous; with marked vigor He spoke with ________ eloquence in defense of his client.






41. Writings preceding and following the passage quoted Because these lines are taken out of ________ - they do not convey the message the author intended.






42. Present an obstacle; stump The detective was ________d by the contradictory evidence in the robbery investigation.






43. Treasury He had been Chancellor of the ________ before his promotion to the office he now holds.






44. Acting without dialogue Because he worked in ________ - the clown could be understood wherever he appeared.






45. Person celebrated for wisdom Hearing tales of a mysterious Master of All Knowledge who lived in the hills of Tibet - Sandy was possessed with a burning desire to consult the legendary ________.






46. Thin; slight; barely discernible. Worried about preserving his few _________ tufts of hair - Walter carefully massaged his scalp and applied hair restorer every night.






47. Honor; glory; praise The singer complacently received ________ on his performance from his entourage.






48. Spcial usage in language I could not understand their ________s because literal translation made no sense.






49. Occupy fully John was so ________ed in his studies that he did not hear his mother call.






50. To bring to an end When his contract was ________d unexpectedly - he desperately needed a new job.