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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Little - round hill Robert Louis Stevenson's grave is on a ________ in Samoa; to reach the grave site - you must climb uphill and walk a short distance along a marked path.






2. Verbose; drawn out Her ________ arguments irritated and bored the jury.






3. Relating to an outline or diagram; using a system of symbols In working out the solution to an analytical logic question - you may find it helpful to construct a simple ________ diagram illustrating the relationships between the items of information






4. All-knowing I do not pretend to be ________ - but I am positive about this fact.






5. Exact If you don't give me ________ directions and a map - I'll never find your place.






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






7. Grow gradually smaller. From now until December 21 - the winter solstice - the hours of daylight will ________.






8. Putrid; producing putrefaction The hospital was in such a filthy state that we were afraid that many of the patients would suffer from ________ poisoning.






9. Ravenous The wolf is a ________ animal - its hunger never satisfied.






10. Substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness His monotonous voice acted like an ________; his audience was soon asleep.






11. Caprice; whim She followed every ________ of fashion.






12. Vary; go in different directionsfrom the same point The spokes of the wheel ________ from the hub.






13. Harmony Watching Tweediedum and Tweedledee battle - Alice wondered why the two brothers could not manage to life in ________.






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






15. Manlike The gorilla is the strongest of the ________ animals.






16. Difficult to please; squeamish The waitresses disliked serving him dinner because of his very ________taste.






17. Arraged by degree (of height - difficulty - etc.) Margaret loved her ________ set of Russian hollow wooden dolls; she spent hours happily putting the smaller dolls into their larger counterparts.






18. Song of praise or joy ________s celebrating the victory filled the air.






19. Ward off a blow He was content to wage a defensive battle and tried to ________ his opponent's thrusts.






20. Suspended action - The deal was held in ________ until her arrival.






21. Precision; minute distinction I cannot distinguish between such ________(ies) of reasoning.






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






23. Artificiality; unnaturalness; act of employing sophistry in reasoning ________ is an acquired characteristic - found more frequently among city dwellers than among residents of rural areas.






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






25. Glimmer intermittently The moonlight ________ed on the water as the moon broke through the clouds for a moment.






26. Soak; saturate Be sure to ________ the fabric in the dye bath for the full time prescribed.






27. Hunt through discarded materials for usable items; search - especially for food If you need car parts that the dealers no longer stock - try ________ing for odd bits and pieces at the auto wreckers' yards.






28. Rushing stream; flood Day after day of heavy rain saturated the hillside until the water ran downhill in ________s.






29. Taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax) Because the new pension law was ________ to the first of the year - even though Martha had retired in February she was eligible for the pension.






30. Able to pay all debts By dint of very frugal living - he was finally able to become ________ and avoid bankruptcy proceedings.






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






32. Surmise; guess I will end all your ________s; I admit I am guilty as charged.






33. Navigation tool used to determine a ship's latitude and longitude Given a clear night - with the aid of his ________ and compass - he could keep the ship safely on course.






34. Worsen; diminish in value This arrest will ________ her reputation in the community.






35. Facilitating evacuation of the bowels The effect of the constipation medicine is ________; it empties the bowels.






36. Striking one object against another sharply The drum is a ________ instrument.






37. Praising To everyone's surprise - the speech was ________ rather than critical in tone.






38. Refrain; withhold from participation After considering the effect of alcohol on his athletic performance - he decided to ________ from drinking while he trained for the race.






39. Degrade; humiliate He felt that he would ________ himself if he replied to the scurrilous letter.






40. Boasted; bragged; highly publicized This much ________ project proved a disappointment when it collapsed.






41. Warlike His ________ disposition alienated his friends.






42. Trunk of statue with head and limbs missing; human trunk This ________ - found in the ruins of Pompeii - is now on exhibition in the museum in Naples.






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






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






45. Shallow body of water near a sea; lake They enjoyed their swim in the calm ________.






46. Depressed; gloomy To the dismay of his parents - he became more and more ________ every day.






47. Agree Did you ________ with the decision of the court or did you find it unfair?






48. Pertaining to spring We may expect ________ showers all during the month of April.






49. Punishment; severe criticism - Sensitive even to mild criticism - Woolf could not bear ________ that she found in certain reviews.






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