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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Nearness The deer sensed the hunter's ________ and bounded away.






2. Excessively fat It is advisable that ________ people try to lose weight.






3. Displaying foresight; thrifty; preparing for emergencies In his usual ________ manner - he had insured himself against this type of loss.






4. Roundness; sonorousness of speech Washington Irving emphasized the ________ of the governor by describing his height and circumference.






5. Blacken All attempts to ________ the character of our late President have failed; the people still love him and cherish his memory.






6. Green coating on copper which has been exposed to the weather Despite all attempts to protect the statue from the elements - it became coated with ________.






7. Excessively careful He was ________ in checking his accounts and never made mistakes.






8. Controversy; argument in support of point of view Her essays were - for the main part - ________s for the party's policy.






9. Crazy; comic. I can watch the Marx brothers'_________ antics for hours.






10. Soak Their clothes were ________d by the rain.






11. Tentative The appointment is ________; only on the approval of the board of directors will it be made permanent.






12. Work laboriously; make slow painful progress You must ________ through 3500 words list in order to achieve a high score on GRE.






13. Pertaining to language The modern tourist will encounter very little ________ difficulty as English has become an almost universal language.






14. Equal Your ignoring their pathetic condition is ________ to the murder.






15. Reason; justify an improper act Do not try to ________ your behavior by blaming your companions.






16. Extremely small The twins resembled one another closely; only ________ differences set them apart.






17. Insert between She talked so much that I could not ________ a single remark.






18. Advance; improve Your chances for promotion in this department will be ________d if you take some more courses in evening school.






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






20. Widespread; affecting the majority of people They feared the AIDS epidemic would soon reach ________ proportions.






21. Common; pertaining to the common people His speeches were aimed at the ________ minds and emotions; they disgusted the more refined.






22. Change; introduction of something new She loved ________ just because they were new.






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






24. Preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; early life; ancestors Before giving permission for Drummie to marry Estella - Miss Havisham had a few questions about the young man's birth and ________.






25. Sorcery; magic. Merlin amazed the knights with his _________.






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






27. Calmness; placidity The ________ of the sleepy town was shattered by a tremendous explosion.






28. Charge with crime in office; indict The angry congressman wanted to ________ the President for his misdeeds.






29. Understood but not stated Jack never told Jill he adored her; he believed his love was ________ in his deeds.






30. Retired or disqualified because of age The ________ man was indignant because he felt that he could still perform a good day's work.






31. Apparatus used to maintain balance - ascertain direction - etc. By using a rotating ________ - they were able to stabilize the vessel - counteracting the rolling movements of the sea.






32. Accident With a little care you could have avoided this ________.






33. Looking within oneself We all have our ________ moments during which we examine our souls.






34. Slavish; cringing Constantly fawning on his employer - humble Uriah Heap was a ________ creature.






35. Token of disgrace; brand I do not attach any ________ to the fact that you were accused of this crime; the fact that you were acquitted clears you completely.






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






37. Wakefulness; inability to sleep He refused to join us in a midnight cup of coffee because he claimed it gave him ________.






38. Luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth ________ing on the beach - she relaxed so completely that she fell asleep.






39. Darkness; gloom The ________ and fog of the waterfront that evening depressed me.






40. Gaudy She wore a ________ rhinestone necklace.






41. Science of preparing and serving good food One of the by-products of his trip to Europe was his interest in ________; he enjoyed preparing and serving foreign dishes to his friends.






42. Very large number ________s of mosquitoes from the swamps invaded our village every twilight.






43. Extremely small Tiny and delicate - the model was built on a ________ scale.






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






45. Sociable Typically - party-throwers are ________; hermits are not.






46. Reproduce; duplicate To the chagrin of the scientists - they were unable to ________ the results of their controversial experiment.






47. Having many languages Because they are bordered by so many countries - the Swiss people are ________.






48. Gigantic The ________ corporations of the twentieth century are a mixed blessing






49. Brawl The three musketeers were in the thick of ________.






50. Fail completely; sink After hitting the submerged iceberg - the Titanic started taking in water rapidly and soon ________ed.






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