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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Open for the public to read; obvious It was ________ to everyone that the witness spoke the truth.






2. Pierce He was ________d by the spear hurled by his adversary.






3. Servile flatterer; yes man Never tell the boss anything he doesn't wish to hear: he doesn't want an independent adviser - he just wants a ________.






4. Confused; discomposed The novice square dancer became so ________ that he wandered into wrong set.






5. Neat and trim In "The Odd Couple -" Tony Randall played Felix Unger - an excessively ________ soul who could not stand to have a hair out of place.






6. Mental keenness His business ________ helped him to succeed where others had failed.






7. Thrift; economy In these economically difficult days businesses must practice ________ or risk bankruptcy.






8. Unoriginal; obtained from another source Although her early poetry was clearly ________ in nature - the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.






9. Pertaining to memory He used ________ tricks to master new words.






10. Ease pain; make less severe or offensive If we cannot cure this disease at present - we can - at least try to ________ the symptoms.






11. Revoke; annul What would the effect on our society be if we decriminalized drug use by ________ing the laws against the possession and sale of narcotics?






12. Frenzied Angered - he went ________ and began to wreck the room.






13. Feign He ________ insanity in order to avoid punishment for his crime.






14. Be disturbed; boil The nation was ________ing with discontent as the nobleman continued their arrogant ways.






15. Lacking proper respect The worshippers resented her ________ remarks about their faith.






16. Cajole; coax; deceive by flattery. She knows she can ________ almost anything she wants from her father.






17. Spoil by clumsy behavior - I was afraid you would ________ his assignment but I had no one else to send.






18. Throw headlong; hasten The removal of American political support appeared to have ________d the downfall of the Marcos regime.






19. Dull; monotonous After years of adventure - he could not settle down to a ________ existence.






20. Injury to the body The riot was marked not only by ________ - with its attendant loss of life and limb - but also by arson and pillage.






21. Ghostly We were frightened by the ________ glow that filled the room.






22. Adjust to climate or environment One of the difficulties of our present air age is the need of travellers to ________ themselves to their new and often strange environments.






23. Collarbone - Even though he wore shoulder pads - the football player broke his ________ during a practice scrimmage.






24. Gradual intrusion The ________ of the factories upon the neighborhood lowered the value of the real estate.






25. Pledge of good faith especially in betrothal He gave her his ________ and vowed to cherish her always.






26. Disparage; depreciate Parents should not ________ their children's early attempts at drawing - but should encourage their efforts.






27. Group of closely located islands When he looked at the map and saw the ________es in the South Seas - he longed to visit them.






28. Surrender of prisoner by one state to another The lawyers opposed the ________ of their client on the grounds that for more than five years he had been a model citizen.






29. Person of prominence or influence The steel ________ decided to devote more time to city politics.






30. Great influence (especially political or social) - Gatsby wondered whether he had enough ________ to be admitted to the exclusive club.






31. Firm grasp or footing The mountaineer struggled to get a proper ________ on the slippery rock.






32. Cheerfulness; kindliness; sympathy This restaurant is famous and popular because of the ________ of the proprietor - who tries to make everyone happy.






33. Error; misunderstanding To avoid ________ - I am going to ask all of you to repeat the instructions I have given.






34. Aversion; dislike His extreme ________ to dispute caused him to avoid argumentative discussions with his friends.






35. Withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity The slow ________ of the flood waters created problems for the crews working to restore power to the area.






36. Command; order; forbid The owners of the company asked the court to ________ the union from picketing the plant.






37. Portray In this book - the author ________s the slave owners as kind and benevolent masters.






38. Crush or grind into very small particles Before sprinkling the dried herbs into the stew - Michael first ________d them into a fine powder.






39. Small; minute Grass grew there - an ________ outcropping among the rocks.






40. Word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing So many kings of France were named Charles that modern students need epithets to tell them apart: Charles the Wise - for example - was someone far different from Charles the Fat.






41. Unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech Such ________ joy must be experienced; it cannot be described.






42. Annoy by repeated attacks When he could not pay his bills as quickly as he had promised - he was ________ed by his creditors.






43. Tangible; easily perceptible I cannot understand how you could overlook such a ________ blunder.






44. Slave; bondage The captured soldier was held in ________ by the conquering army.






45. Affected; not natural Attempting to copy the style of his wealthy neighbors - Gatsby adopted a ________ - artificial way of speech.






46. Plundering After the ________s of the invaders - the people were penniless.






47. Related to marriage Their ________ ceremony was performed in Golden Gate Park.






48. Scholar Our faculty includes many worldfamous ________s.






49. Hatred of marriage He remained a bachelor not because of ________ but because of ill fate: his fiancee died before the wedding.






50. Extend; draw out; lengthen In their determination to discover ways to ________ human life - doctors fail to take into account that longer lives are not always happier ones.