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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Inharmonious The married couple argued incessantly and finally decided to separate because they were ________.






2. Having minute hairs - The paramecium is a ________ - one-celled animal.






3. Person who establishes (an organization - business) Among those drowned when the Titanic sank was the ________ of the Abraham & Straus chain.






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






5. Rude; insensitive Though Mr. Potts constantly interrupted his wife - she ignored his ________ behavior - for she had lost hope of teaching him courtesy.






6. Abdominal We shall now examine the ________ plates of this serpent - not the dorsal side.






7. Go through or across When you ________ this field - be careful of the bull.






8. Universal; wide-ranging liberal - He was extremely ________ in his taste and read everything he could find in the library.






9. Wanderer; tramp In summer - college students wander the roads of Europe like carefree ________s.






10. Remainder I suggest that you wait until the store places the ________s of these goods on sale.






11. Staff officer assisting the commander; assistant Though Wellington delegated many tasks to his chief ________ - Lord Fitzroy Somerset - Somerset was in no doubt as to who made all major decisions.






12. Minor fight Custer's troops expected they might run into a ________ or two on maneuvers; they did not expect to face a major battle.






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






14. Pertaining to the lungs In his researches on ________ diseases - he discovered many facts about the lungs of animals and human beings.






15. Not frank; eluding Your ________ answers convinced the judge that you were witholding important evidence.






16. Two-chambered - as a legislative body The United States Congress is a ________ body.






17. Shade of difference in meaning or color The unskilled eye of the layperson has difficulty in dicerning the ________s of color in the paintings.






18. Edge - especially of a round surface He sensed that there was something just beyond the ________ of his vision.






19. Without feeling; not affected by pain The Native American has been incorrectly depicted as an ________ individual - undemonstrative and stoical.






20. 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.






21. Isolation; solitude One moment she loved crowds; the next - she sought ________.






22. Beginning; in an early stage I will go to sleep early for I want to break an ________ cold.






23. Treat as a celebrity She enjoyed being ________d and adored by the public.






24. Critical - ________ people delight in casting blame.






25. Outstanding; superior The king traveled to Boston because he wanted the ________ surgeon in the field to perform the operation.






26. Hard; strenuous Her ________ efforts had sapped her energy.






27. Case for arrows Robin Hood reached back and plucked one last arrow from his ________.






28. Highly skilled artist The child prodigy Yehudi Menuhin grew into a ________ whose virtuosity on the violin thrilled millions.






29. Residue from smelting metal; dross; waste matter The blast furnace had a special opening at the bottom to allow the workers to remove the worthless ________.






30. Tasty; pleasing - attractive - or agreeable Julia Child's recipes enable amateur chefs to create ________ delicacies for their guests.






31. Deluge; upheaval - A ________ such as the French Revolution affects all countries.






32. Spasmodic; intermittent After several ________ attempts - he decided to postpone the start of the project until he felt more energetic.






33. Comfort in trouble I hope you will find ________ in the thought that all of us share your loss.






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






35. Fearful; demonstrating fear His ________ manner betrayed the fear he felt at the moment.






36. Trying to please; obliging The courtier obeyed the king's orders in a ________ manner.






37. Showing off learning; bookish Leaving his decisions with humorous - down-to-earth anecdotes - Judge Walker was not at all ________ legal scholar.






38. Deed or action - particularly a brave deed Raoul Wallenberg was noted for his ________s in rescuing Jews from Hitler's forces.






39. Indirect speech; hypocritical; evasive Rather than tell Jill directly what he disliked - Jack made a few ________ comments and tried to change the subject.






40. Buddihist teachings - the ideal state in which the individual loses himself in the attainment of an impersonal beatitude Despite his desire to achieve ________ - the young Buddhist found that even the buzzing of a fly could distract him from his medi






41. Repudiate; withdraw previous statement Unless you ________ your confession - you will be punished severely.






42. Flowing into The ________ of refugees into the country has taxed the relief agencies severely.






43. Tarnish; soil He felt that it was beneath his dignity to ________ his hands in such menial labor.






44. Reveal Although competitors offered him bribes - he refused to ________ any information about his company's forthcoming product.






45. Burden; responsibility The emperor was spared the ________ of signing the surrender papers; instead - he relegated the assignment to his generals.






46. Lustful They found his ________ stories objectionable.






47. Diligent attention; (secondary meaning) apply Pleased with how well Tom had whitewashed the fence - Aunt Polly praised him for his ________.






48. Sleepwalker The most famous ________ in literature is Lady Macbeth; her monologue in the sleepwalking scene is one of the highlights of Shakespeare's play.






49. Uncorrectable Though Widow Douglass hoped to reform Huck - Miss Watson pronounced him ________le and said he would come to no good end.






50. Self-evident truth We must accept these statements as ________s before pursuing our discussions any further.