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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Waterspout carved in groteque figures on a building The ________s adorning the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris are amusing in their grotesqueness.






2. Regret Although I ________ the vulgarity of your language - I defend your right to express yourself freely.






3. Coarsely insulting; physically harmful An ________ parent damages a child both mentally and physically.






4. Strong - brawny; steadfast His consistent support of the party has proved that he is a ________ and loyal member.






5. Heterogeneous mixture; medley He offered a ________ of folk songs from many lands.






6. Rustic; pastoral The meadow was the scene of ________ gaiety.






7. Pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores During the course of his ________ research - the scientist developed a steel alloy of tremendous strength.






8. Adjust to climate or environment One of the difficulties of our present air age is the need of travellers to ________ themselves to their new and often strange environments.






9. Person hardened in sin - devoid of a sense of decency I cannot understand why he has so many admirers if he is the ________ you say he is.






10. Situated beyond; unstated and often questionable You must have an ________ motive for your behavior - since there is no obvious reason for it.






11. Producing motion Designers of the electric automobile find that their greatest obstacle lies in the development of light and efficient storage batteries - the source of the ________ energy needed to propel the vehicle.






12. Destroy leaves In Vietnam the army made extensive use of chemical agents to ________ the woodlands.






13. Solidly uniform; unyielding Knowing the importance of appearing resolute - the patriots sought to present a ________ front.






14. Annoying; tedious He found working on the assembly line ________ because of the monotony of the operation he had to perform.






15. Nearness The deer sensed the hunter's ________ and bounded away.






16. Stick out His fingers ________d from the holes in his gloves.






17. Existing at birth His ________ deformity disturbed his parents.






18. Support; act superior toward Experts in a field sometimes appear to ________ people who are less knowledgeable of the subject.






19. Talkative She is very ________ and can speak on the telephone for hours.






20. Conceit; vanity She thought so much of herself that we found her ________ unwarranted and irritating.






21. Settle a dispute through the services of an outsider Let us ________ out differences rather than engage in a costly strike.






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






23. Outsmart; trick By disguising himself as an old woman - Holmes was able to ________ his pursuers and escape capture.






24. Stormy; unkind I like to read a good book in ________ weather.






25. Narrow-mindedness; isolation The ________ of the islanders manifested itself in their suspicion of anyuthing foreign.






26. Seemingly reasonable but incorrect Let us not be misled by such ________ arguments.






27. Reparation; indemnification He offered to make ________ for the window broken by his son.






28. Massive Writing a dictionary is a ________ task.






29. Swollen; pompous; bombastic I especially dislike his ________ style; I prefer writing which is less swollen and bombastic.






30. Punish by placing in a wooden frame; subject to criticism and ridicule Even though he was mocked and ________(ied)- he maintained that he was correct in his beliefs.






31. Small - exclusive group - She charged that a ________ had assumed control of school affairs.






32. Gather leavings After the crops had been harvested by the machines - the peasants were permitted to ________ the wheat left in the fields.






33. Courteous; faithful; brave - ________ behavior involves noble words and good deeds.






34. Behavior; bearing His sober ________ quieted the noisy revelers.






35. Profitable He turned his hobby into a ________ profession.






36. Pass into or through; penetrate (an organization) sneakily In order to ________ enemy lines at night without being seen - the scouts darkened their faces and wore black coveralls.






37. Blessedness; state of bliss Growing closer to God each day - the mystic achieved a state of indescribable ________.






38. Copy Many museums sell ________s of the works of art on display.






39. Dangerous Your occupation is too ________ for insurance companies to consider your application.






40. Defensive mound on earth "From the ________s we watched" as the fighting continued.






41. Slanting; deviating from the perpendicular or from a straight line The sergeant ordered the men to march "________ right."






42. Eager enthusiasm. Wang's _________ was contagious; soon all his fellow students were busily making posters - inspired by his ardent enthusiasm for the cause.






43. Relentless; unyielding; implacable After listening to the pleas for clemency - the judge was ________ and gave the convicted man the maximum punishment allowed by law.






44. Come between She ________d in the argument between her two sons.






45. Boat or yacht race Many boating enthusiasts followed the ________ in their own yachts.






46. Comparison of one thing with another - using the word like or as "My love is like a red - red rose" is a ________.






47. Calmness; peace After the commotion and excitement of the city - I appreciate the ________ of these fields and forests.






48. Dedicate; sanctify We shall ________ our lives to this noble purpose.






49. Estimation; appraisal I would like to have your ________ of the situation in South Africa.






50. Devoted to the pleasures of the senses; carnal; voluptous I cannot understand what caused him to drop his ________ way of life and become so ascetic.