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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Manlike The gorilla is the strongest of the ________ animals.






2. Boaster Modest by nature - she was no ________ - preferring to let her accomplishments speak for themselves.






3. Group of persons joined in political intrigue; cabal As soon as he learned of its existence - the dictator ordered the execution of all of the members of the ________.






4. Parti-colored; mixed The captain had gathered a ________ crew to sail the vessel.






5. Withdrawal He dropped his libel suit after the newspaper published a ________of its statement.






6. Disaster; misery - As news of the ________ spread - offers of relief poured in to the stricken community.






7. Theatrical He was proud of his ________ ability and wanted to paly the role of Hamlet.






8. Hairstyle You can make a statement with your choice of ________: in the 60's many African-Americans affirmed their racial heritage by wearing their hair in Afros.






9. Unbecoming; indecent Your levity is ________ at this time of mourning.






10. The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the ________ of her feelings.






11. Pertaining to passionate love The ________ passages in this novel should be removed as they are merely pornographic.






12. Easily broken; difficult My employer's ________ personality made it difficult for me to get along with her.






13. Wiggle out; fake. She tried to ________ an invitation to the party.






14. Short - simple story teaching a moral Let us apply to our own conduct the lesson that this ________ teaches.






15. Powerlessness; feebleness The lame duck President was frustrated by his shift from enormous power to relative ________.






16. Loyal; unswerving Penelope was ________ in her affections - faithfully waiting for Ulysses to return from his wanderings.






17. Distortion; burlesque - The caricatures he drew always emphasized personal weaknesses of the people he burlesqued.






18. Pester; annoy She was forced to change her telephone number because she was ________ed by obscene phone calls.






19. Spend too much time on minor points; carp Let's not ________ over details.






20. Universal; wide-ranging liberal - He was extremely ________ in his taste and read everything he could find in the library.






21. Make thin; weaken By withdrawing their forces - the generals hoped to ________ the enemy lines.






22. Favoritism (to a relative) John left his position with the company because he felt that advancement was based on ________ rather than ability.






23. Money Preferring ________ to undying fame - he wrote stories of popular appeal.






24. Complain; fuss Students traditionally ________ about the abysmal quality of "mystery meat" and similar dornitory food.






25. Squander The young man quickly ________d his inheritance and was soon broke.






26. Dull; lacking color; cheerless The Dutch woman's ________ winter coat contrasted with the distinctive - colorful native costume she wore beneath it.






27. Arrogance; excessive self-conceit Filled with ________ - Lear refused to heed his friends' warnings.






28. Enclosure for birds The ________ at the zoo held nearly 300 birds.






29. Small world In the ________ of our rural village - we find illustrations of all the evils that beset the universe.






30. All-knowing I do not pretend to be ________ - but I am positive about this fact.






31. Harming a person's reputation Such ________ of character may result in a slander suit.






32. Liberal; wasteful The actor's ________ gifts pleased her.






33. Trinket; trifle The child was delighted with the ________ she had won in the grab bag.






34. Doctor who treats ailments of the feet He consulted a ________ about his fallen arches.






35. Pure - Her ________ and decorous garb was appropriately selected for the solemnity of the occasion.






36. Hanging; suspended The ________ chandeliers swayed in the breeze as if they were about to fall from the ceiling.






37. Shut; close A blood clot ________d an artery to the heart.






38. Bold A group of ________ women were the first to scale Mt.Annapurna.






39. Pale; wan Because his occupation required that he work at night and sleep during the day - he had an exceptionally ________ complexion.






40. A covered passageway - usually lined with shops The ________ was popular with shoppers because it gave them protection from the summer sun and the winter rain.






41. Animal-biting fly; an irritating person Like a ________ - he irritated all the guests at the hotel; within forty eight hours - everyone regarded him as an annoying busybody.






42. Self-evident truth requiring no proof Before a student can begin to think along the lines of Euclidean geometry - he must accept certain principles or ________s.






43. False; counterfeit; forged; illogical The hero of Jonathan Gash's mystery novels is an antique dealer who gives the reader advice on how to tell ________ antiques from the real things.






44. Mild; fragrant A ________ breeze refreshed us after the sultry blast.






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






46. Drowsy; dull The stuffy room made her ________; she felt as if she was about to nod off.






47. Relating to the highest point - When he reached the ________ portions of the book - he could not stop reading.






48. Flabby His sedentary life had left him with ________ muscles.






49. Monkeylike Lemurs are nocturnal mammals and have many ________ characteristics - although they are less intelligent than monkeys.






50. Unchanging; lacking development Nothing had changed at home; things were ________ there