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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. State strongly or positively; insist on or demand recognition of (rights - claims - etc). When Jill ________ed that nobody else in the junior class had such an early curfew - her parents Asserted themselves - telling her that if she didn't get home b






2. Not spacious; inconvenient In their ________ quarters - they had to improvise for closet space.






3. Club; heavy-headed weapon His walking stick served him as a ________ on many occasions.






4. Refer; attribute; assign I can ________ no motive for her acts.






5. Hint This came as a complete surprise to me as I did not have the slightest ________ of your plans.






6. Denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius) On the ________ thermometer - the freezing point of water is zero degrees.






7. Make young again The charlatan claimed that his elixir would ________ the aged and weary.






8. Complete agreement We were surprised by the ________ with which our proposals were accepted by the different groups.






9. Wishing evil We must thwart his ________ schemes.






10. Differing; deviating The two witnesses presented the jury with remarkably ________ accounts of the same epipode.






11. Crisis;joining point At this critical ________ - let us think carefully before determining the course we shall follow.






12. Hairs on back and neck - especially of a dog The dog's ________ rose and he began to growl as the sound of footsteps grew louder.






13. Proper; appropriate Lady Bracknell did not think it was ________ for Ernest to lack a proper family; no baby abandoned on a doorstep could grow up to marry her daughter.






14. Smallest speck. There is not a ________ of intelligence or understanding in your observations.






15. Illegal The defense attorney claimed that the police had entrapped his client; that is - they had elicited the ________ action of which they now accuse of him.






16. Marrigeable Mrs. Bennet - in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - was worried about finding suitable husbands for her five ________ daughters.






17. Flay; abrade These shoes are so ill-fitting that they will ________ the feet and create blisters.






18. Lurch; sway from side to side - The taxicab ________ed wildly as it rounded the corner.






19. Increase The new contract calls for a 10 percent ________in salary for each employee for the next two years.






20. Implying a cause-and-effect relationship - The psychologist maintained there was a ________ relationship between the nature of one's early childhood experiences and one's adult personality.






21. Close; squeeze; The ________ed the package under her arm.






22. Cowardly; fainthearted You should be ashamed of your ________ conduct during this dispute.






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






24. Sober; sedate Her conduct during the funeral ceremony was ________ and solemn.






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






26. Forcible restraint - especially unlawfully The hostages were held under ________ until the prisoners' demands were met.






27. Truthful I can recommend him for this position because I have always found him ________ and reliable.






28. Dress or groom oneself with care She ________s for hours before a dance.






29. Coax; wheedle - I will not be ________d into granting your wish.






30. Deep-rooted; habitual She is an ________ smoker and cannot break the habit.






31. Go ashore; unload cargo from a ship Before the passengers could ________ - they had to pick up their passports from the ship's purser.






32. Hardened; unfeeling - He had worked in the hospital for so many years that he was ________ to the suffering in the wards.






33. Good-fellowship - What he loved best about his job was the sense of ________ he and his co-workers shared.






34. Said or done in jest Do not take my ________ remarks seriously.






35. Mental calmness Even the latest work crisis failed to shake her ________.






36. Small ring; band - This tiny ________ is very costly because it is set with precious stones.






37. Repetition He recited the passage by ________ and gave no indication he understood what he was saying.






38. False testimony while under oath When several witnesses appeared to challenge his story - he was indicted for ________.






39. Untidy; slipshod Such ________ work habits will never produce good products.






40. Quick - sharp reply Even when it was advisable for her to keep her mouth shut - she was always ready with a ________.






41. Crash; rush The runaway train ________d toward disaster.






42. Government under a single hereditary ruler with varying degrees of power England today remains a ________.






43. Characteristic frame of mind; disposition; emotional excess Although the twins look alike - they differ markedly in ________: Tod is calm - but Rod is excitable.






44. Lawyer using questionable methods. On L.A. Law - respectable attorney Brackman was horrified to learn that his newly discovered half brother was a cheap ________.






45. Abandon; disown; repudiate Even though she knew she would be burned at the stake as a witch - Joan of Arc refused to ________ her belief that her voices came from God.






46. Make known by official proclamation or publication As soon as the Civil Service Commission ________s the names of the successful candidates - we shall begin to hire members of our staff.






47. Stop motion; curb or restrain - Thrusting out her arm - Grandma checked Bobby's lunge at his sister. "Young man -" she said - "you'd better ________ your temper."






48. Healthy After a brief illness - he was soon ________.






49. Patience We must use ________ in dealing with him because he is still weak from his illness.






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