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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. To bring to an end When his contract was ________d unexpectedly - he desperately needed a new job.
sanction
timorous
gruff
terminate
2. Melted The city of Pompeii was destroyed by volcanic ash rather than by ________ lava flowing from Mount Vesuvius.
deprecate
pulsate
flinch
molten
3. Businessperson; contractor Opponents of our present tax program argue that it discourages ________s from trying new fields of business activity.
entrepreneur
unearthly
accord
acrid
4. Change; convert to something different He was unable to ________ his dreams into actualities.
transmute
bizarre
plenitude
effrontery
5. Head off; forestall by acting first; appropriate for oneself; supplant Hoping to ________ any attempts by the opposition to make educational reform a hot political issue - the candidate set out her own plan to revitalize the public schools.
preempt
compromise
synthesis
halcyon
6. Corrupt; make intemperate A vicious newspaper can ________ public ideals.
prim
affix
unravel
debauch
7. Narrow-mindedness; isolation The ________ of the islanders manifested itself in their suspicion of anyuthing foreign.
swathe
insularity
intractable
venal
8. Having a very fine bore - The changes in surface tension of liquids in ________ vessels is of special interest to physicists.
tesselated
capillary
contentious
lull
9. Half asleep The heavy meal and the overheated room made us all ________ and indifferent to the speaker.
nurture
mediocre
somnolent
yore
10. Fern leaf; palm or banana leaf After the storm the beach was littered with the ________s of palm trees.
qualified
elegy
frond
conduit
11. Pertaining to hell; devilish They could think of no way to hinder his ________ scheme.
infernal
azure
expunge
continence
12. Resonant His ________ voice resounded through the hall.
deadlock
sonorous
gaudy
veracious
13. Invention; imaginary thing That incident never took place; it is a ________ of your imagination.
figment
parasite
injurious
diverge
14. Averse; reluctant They were both ________ for him to go.
loath
jollity
titillate
frailty
15. Upward The sailor climbed ________ into the rigging.
inductive
oust
virtual
aloft
16. Home of a hermit Even in his remote ________ he could not escape completely from the world.
hermitage
founder
inconsequential
novice
17. Supporter; follower In the wake of the scandal - the senator's one-time ________ quietly deserted him.
semblance
obituary
adherent
supererogatory
18. Rich - figured fabric The sofa was covered with expensive ________.
mundane
brocade
synoptic
wean
19. Turn away from Do not ________ from the truth; you must face the facts.
deviate
shun
motif
eccentric
20. Vibrant and lively; critical; living - breathing The ________ - highly energetic first aid instructor stressed that it was vital in examining accident victims to note their vital signs.
fugitive
silt
vital
granulate
21. Prosper; flourish Despite the impact of recession on the restaurant trade - Philip's cafe ________d.
vertex
thrive
vitiate
gingerly
22. Tear or rip; split The conflict over abortion threatens to split our nation - creating a ________ in the social fabric that will be difficult to mend.
condone
rent
obnoxious
optician
23. Resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; reversion to an earlier type; throwback Martin seemed an ________ to his Tuscan ancestors who lavished great care on their small plots of soil.
munificent
lucre
atavism
metaphor
24. Speak foolishly; boast idly Let us not ________ about our qualities; rather - let our virtues speak for themselves.
perverse
prate
broach
rehabilitate
25. Wise saying; proverb There is much truth in the old ________ about fools and their money.
adage
obituary
brusque
descry
26. Revengeful She was very ________ and never forgave an injury.
carrion
taxonomist
vindictive
derogatory
27. Of lowly origin; unworthy This plan is inspired by ________ motives and I must - therefore - oppose it.
tawdry
ignoble
propellant
serendipity
28. Praising To everyone's surprise - the speech was ________ rather than critical in tone.
seismic
wane
eulogistic
impious
29. Artificiality; unnaturalness; act of employing sophistry in reasoning ________ is an acquired characteristic - found more frequently among city dwellers than among residents of rural areas.
sophistication
gusto
ambrosia
detraction
30. Disobedient The ________ private was confined to the barracks.
expedite
insubordinate
unimpeachable
insinuate
31. Follow The evils that ________d were the direct result of the miscalculations of the leaders.
subsequent
consistency
gingerly
ensue
32. Ornate Modern architecture has discarded the ________ trimming on buildings and emphasizes simplicity of line.
chalice
venal
flamboyant
prod
33. Explanatory list of symbols on a map The ________ at the bottom of the map made it clear which symbols stood for rest areas along the highway and which stood for public camp sites.
vagrant
improvident
irreparable
legend
34. Seller The fruit ________ sold her wares from a stall on the sidewalk.
proscribe
vendor
prehensile
fatalism
35. Purely spiritual; theoretical; without sensual desire Accused of impropriety in his dealings with female students - the professor maintained he had only a ________ interest in the women involved.
penumbra
castigation
platonic
disparity
36. Roman army officer - Because he was in command of a company of one hundred soldiers - he was called a ________.
anthropoid
centurion
obeisance
forestall
37. Praiseworthy; commendable His ________ deeds will be remarked by all whom he aided.
pediatrician
laudable
ruse
forebears
38. Question closely; cross-examine Knowing that the Nazis would ________ him about his background - the secret agent invented a cover story that would help him meet their quesions.
interrogate
discount
debonair
censure
39. Written statement made under oath The court refused to accept his statement unless he presented it in the form of an ________.
conciliatory
antecedents
ethnology
affidavit
40. Repetition of beginning sound in poetry "The furrow followed free" is an example of ________.
swelter
champion
alliteration
anarchist
41. Loyal; unswerving Penelope was ________ in her affections - faithfully waiting for Ulysses to return from his wanderings.
dauntless
steadfast
nutrient
pedagogue
42. Surpass; outdo Jesse Owens easily ________ped his competitors to win the gold metal at the Olympic Games.
prey
memento
outrtip
retroactive
43. Enormously large or extensive The government seemed willing to spend ________ sums on weapons development.
dissonance
astronomical
dorsal
adjuration
44. Not active; acted upon Mahatma Gandhi urged his followers to pursue a program of ________ resistance as he felt that it was more effective than violence and acts of terrorism.
passive
ignoble
voracious
apothecary
45. Idle person; male bee Content to let his wife support him - the would-be writer was in reality nothing but a ________.
consign
libretto
drone
falter
46. Pertaining to a bishop or pope; pompous or pretentious From the very beginning of his ministry it was clear from his ________ pronouncements that John was destined for a high pontifical office.
calamity
pontifical
demented
precept
47. One who feigns illness to escape duty The captain ordered the sergeant to punish all ________s and force them to work.
malingerer
effectual
impervious
figurative
48. Capricious; fanciful. He dismissed his generous gift to his college as a sentimental fancy - an old man's ________ gesture.
whimsical
phobia
preempt
ungainly
49. Needlessly repetitious In the sentence "It was visible to the eye -" the phrase "to the eye" is ________.
authenticate
moribund
vixen
tautological
50. Time of greatest success; prime In their ________- the San Francisco Forty-Niners won the Super Bowl two years running.
rapacious
heyday
subsidy
steadfast