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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Taking up again; recommencement During the summer break - Don had not realized how much he missed university life: at the ________ of classes - however - he felt marked excitement and pleasure.
exuberant
choleric
resumption
swathe
2. Severity Many settlers could not stand the ________s of the New England winters.
filigree
cohesion
levy
rigor
3. Attacking; insulting; distasteful Getting into street brawls is no minor offense for professional boxers - who are required by law to restrict their ________ impulses to the ring.
idolatry
expostulation
debonair
offensive
4. Acute pain; extreme suffering Visiting the site of explosion - Premier Gorbachev wept to see the ________ of the victims and their families.
muted
belabor
isotope
anguish
5. Act of driving back; distaste The ________ of the enemy forces was not accomplished bloodlessly; many of the defenders were wounded in driving the enemy back.
legend
indulgent
repulsion
ensue
6. Make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction As Kitty ________ed before the mirror - carefully smoothing her shining hair - she couldn't help preening herself on her good looks.
marsupial
preen
trough
malicious
7. Seemingly reasonable but incorrect Let us not be misled by such ________ arguments.
occlude
specious
aghast
entity
8. Endure the effects of weather or other forces. He ________ed the changes in his personal life with difficulty - as he had no one in whom to confide.
opus
weather
frailty
combustible
9. Extremely dry; very thirsty The ________ desert landscape seemed hostile to life.
satyr
parched
sage
bleak
10. Barrier laid down by artillery fire; overwhelming profusion The company was forced to retreat through the ________ of heavy canyons.
barrage
severance
lechery
protrude
11. Odd; old-fashioned; picturesque Her ________ clothes and old-fashioned language marked her as an eccentric.
giddy
quaint
lucid
dilettante
12. Sun's corona; halo Many medieval paintings depict saintly characters with ________ around their heads.
exemplary
levitate
aureole
demoniac
13. Person who collects coins The ________ had a splendid collection of antique coins.
pine
numismatist
feckless
facile
14. Cheerful; hopeful Let us not be too ________ about the outcome; something could go wrong.
sanguine
miscreant
lacerate
hortatory
15. Deluge; upheaval - A ________ such as the French Revolution affects all countries.
rampant
cataclysm
mores
circlet
16. Wretched; lacking pride On the streets of New York the homeless live in ________ poverty - huddling in doorways to find shelter from the wind.
recondite
abject
qualms
extemporaneous
17. Problem; choice of two unsatisfactory alternatives In this ________ - he knew no one to whom he could turn for advice.
uxorious
waylay
deploy
dilemma
18. Unfortunate; annoying ________ circumstances prevent me from being with you on this festive occasion.
superannuated
mercenary
implore
untoward
19. Give an imitation that ridicules - In his caricature - he ________d the mannerisms of his adversary.
compunction
burlesque
machiavellian
foment
20. Expressiveness; persuasive speech The crowds were stirred by Martin Luther King's ________.
exorbitant
trepidation
pest
eloquence
21. Occurring in an unexpected and contrary manner It is ________ that his success came when he least wanted it.
gamut
ironic
nautical
reprove
22. Wanton; profane He sang a ________ song that offended many of the more prudish listeners.
ribald
quietude
levee
scuttle
23. Pertaining to a germ; creative Such an idea is ________; I am certain that it will influence thinkers and philosophers for many generations.
entrepreneur
versatile
edify
germinal
24. Doubts Hamlet described his ________ to Horatio but decided to fence with Laertes despite his foreboding of evil.
actuarial
misgivings
reminiscence
paraphernalia
25. Restrain They ________ed his arms against his body but left his legs free so that he could move about.
diverge
trepidation
rig
pinion
26. Traitor The British considered Benedict Arnold a loyalist; the Americans considered him a ________.
stellar
turncoat
daub
capillary
27. Confused; discomposed The novice square dancer became so ________ that he wandered into wrong set.
discombobulated
chide
reprimand
delusive
28. One who has adopted a different religion or opinion On his trip to Japan - though the President spoke at length about the merits of American automobiles - he made few ________s to his beliefs.
mulct
accede
motif
convert
29. Person convicted of a grave crime A convicted________ loses the right to vote
felon
impolitic
jingoism
pliant
30. Radiating; departing from the center - Many automatic drying machines remove excess moisture from clothing by ________ force.
cession
centrifugal
perpetrate
hoodwink
31. Enthusiastic follower A ________ of the opera - he bought season tickets every year.
calumny
devotee
inclusive
dank
32. Demanding and leaving no choice From Jack's ________ knock on the door - Jill could tell he would not give up until she let him in.
dissident
torrent
peremptory
bureaucracy
33. Precede The invention of the radiotelegraph ________d the development of television by a quarter of a century.
manifest
humane
antecede
conjecture
34. Giving bliss; blissful The ________ smile on the child's face made us very happy.
chassis
beatific
roseate
garrulous
35. Wooden; impassive We wanted to see how long he could maintain his ________ expression.
deadpan
respiration
undergird
disparage
36. Soften by soaking in liquid; waste away The strawberries had been soaking in the champagn for so long that they had begun to ________: they literally fell apart at the touch of a spoon.
gait
macerate
aplomb
azure
37. Ancient paper made from stem of papyrus plant The ancient Egyptians were among the first to write on ________.
hover
carafe
painstaking
papyrus
38. Open to view According to the United States Constitution - a person must commit an ________ act before he may be tried for treason.
overt
hoary
deadlock
congenial
39. Flowing smoothly; smooth Italian is a ________ language.
colander
mellifluous
exegesis
behoove
40. Refrain; withhold from participation After considering the effect of alcohol on his athletic performance - he decided to ________ from drinking while he trained for the race.
abstain
acclivity
pariah
treatise
41. Abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried - Though the late Havelock Ellis wrote extensively about sexual customs and was considered an expert in such matters - recent studies maintain he was ________ throughout his life.
mutilate
diversion
celibate
progenitor
42. Put down; quiet The police used fire hoses and teat gas to ________ the rioters.
frailty
entity
qualms
quell
43. Inflict. I am afraid he will _________ his vengeance on the innocent as well as the guilty.
ethereal
wreak
fortuitous
motif
44. Prescribed diet and habits I doubt whether the results warrant our living under such a strict ________.
servitude
leonine
palpitate
regimen
45. Consecrate The prophet Samuel ________ed David with oil - crowning him king of Israel.
anoint
fugitive
aspiration
superfluous
46. Tightly packed; firm; brief His short - ________ body was better suited to wrestling than to basketball.
remission
whelp
doggerel
compact
47. Lassitude; depression His friends tried to overcome the ________ into which he had fallen by taking him to parties and to the theater.
languor
ignominious
autopsy
reprisal
48. Point of moon's orbit when it is nearest the earth The rocket which was designed to take photographs of the moon was launched as the moon approached its ________.
inane
perigee
sybarite
bauble
49. Not to be taken away; nontransferable The Declaration of Independence mentions the ________ rights that all of us possess.
inalienable
stem
dwindle
listless
50. Lacking in spirit or energy We had expected him to be full of enthusiasm and were surprised by his ________ attitude.
listless
aureole
demotic
ignoble