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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Widespread; generally accepted A radical committed to social change - Reed had no patience with the conservative views ________ in the America of his day.






2. Sweet sounding The ________ sounds of the birds at dawn were soon drowned out by the roar of traffic passing our motel.






3. Division of a long poem - Dante's poetic masterpiece The Divine Comedy is divided into ________s.






4. Relating to a unifying motif or idea Those who think of Moby Dick as a simple adventure story about whaling miss is underlying ________ import.






5. Discipline; punish in order to correct - Whom God loves - God ________s.






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






7. New or newly coined word or phrase As we invent new techniques and professions - we must also invent ________ such as "microcomputer" and "astronaut" to describe them.






8. Having human form or characteristics Primitive religions often have deities with ________ characteristics.






9. Hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism. The pack rat secretes odds and ends in its nest; the pancreas ________s insulin in the islets of Langerhans.






10. Analyze; evaluate When they ________ed the ore - they found that they had discovered a very rich vein.






11. Damp The walls of the dungeon were ________ and slimy.






12. Written command issued by a court.The hero of Leonard's novel is a process server who invents unorthodox ways of serving _________s on reluctant parties.






13. Occurring irregularly Although there are still ________ outbursts of shooting in the streets - the rebellion is essentially over.






14. Contemptible Your ________ remarks call for no reply.






15. Raid The company staged a midnight ________ against the enemy outpost.






16. Faultless He was proud of his ________ manners.






17. Harmonious; in harmony with They were ________ neighbors - never quarreling over unimportant matters.






18. Exposure to death or danger Legally - one cannot be placed in double ________.






19. Petition humbly; pray to grant a favor We ________ Your Majesty to grant him amnesty.






20. Simultaneous firing or outburs (of missiles - questions - etc.) Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture concludes with a thunderous ________ of cannon fire.






21. Sheer; transparent They saw the burglar clearly through the ________ curtain.






22. Map-maker - Though not a professional ________ - Tolkien was able to construct a map of the fictional world.






23. Spread throughout Despite airing them for several hours - she could not rid her clothes of the ________ odor of mothbals that clung to them.






24. Trembling; slight quiver She had a nervous ________ in her right hand.






25. Below the threshold We may not be aware of the ________ influences that affect our thinking.






26. Exhausting The marathon is a ________ race.






27. Examination of accounts When the bank examiners arrived to hold their annual ________ - they discovered the embezzlements of the chief cashier.






28. Narrow-minded person - uncultured and exculsively interested in material gain We need more men of culture and enlightenment; we have too many ________s among us.






29. Ordinary; unimaginative Unintentionally boring - he wrote page after page of ________ prose.






30. Clearness of expression; freedom from ambiguity One of the outstanding features of this book is the ________ of its author; her meaning is always clear.






31. Hesitant; faltering Novice extemporaneous speakers often talk in a ________ fashion as they grope for the right words.






32. Dry up A tour of this smokehouse will give you an idea of how the pioneers used to ________ food in order to preserve it.






33. Strength; staying power I doubt that she has the ________ to run the full distance of the marathon race.






34. Place of refuge or shelter; protection The refugees sought ________ from religious persecution in a new land.






35. Stipulation I am ready to accept your proposal with the two ________ that you meet your obligations within the next two weeks.






36. Rankle - produce irritation or resentment Joe's insult ________ed in Anne's mind for days - and made her too angry to speak to him.






37. Tireless He was ________ in his constant efforts to raise funds for the Red Cross.






38. Spot Her cheeks ________ed with tears - were testimony to the hours of weeping.






39. Poisonous We must seek an antidote for whatever ________ substance he has eaten.






40. Express; utter He ________ed his wrath on his class.






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






42. Surpass; outdo Jesse Owens easily ________ped his competitors to win the gold metal at the Olympic Games.






43. Introductory The chairman made a few ________ remarks before he called on the first speaker.






44. Respectful His ________ attitude was appropriate in a house of worship.






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






46. Outcry When her purse was snatched - she raised such a ________ and cry that the thief was captured.






47. Like-size - three-dimensional scene from nature or history Because they dramatically pose actual stuffed animals against realistic painted landscapes - the ________s at the Museum of Natural History particularly impress high school biology students.






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






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






50. Mysterious; secret; supernatural The ________ rites of the organization were revealed only to members.