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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Horrible The murdered man was a ________ sight.






2. Self-restraint; sexual chastity She vowed to lead a life of ________.






3. Chance; luck In his poem ________ - Thomas Hardy objects to the part chance plays in our lives.






4. One who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs Because he switched from one party to another - his former friends shunned him as an ________.






5. Determine or seek opinions - votes - etc. - After ________ing the sentiments of his constituents - the congressman was confident that he represented the majority opinion of his district.






6. Cause of complaint When her supervisor ignored her complaint - she took her ________ to the union.






7. Accuse; serve as evidence against The witness's testimony against the racketeers ________s some high public officials as well.






8. Metal-bearing vein If this ________ that we have discovered extends for any distance - we have found a fortune.






9. Widespread; generally accepted A radical committed to social change - Reed had no patience with the conservative views ________ in the America of his day.






10. Pertaining to tailors He was as famous for the ________ splendor of his attire as he was for his acting.






11. Bleach; whiten Although age had ________ed his hair - he was still vigorous and energetic.






12. Plunder If you do not yield - I am afraid the enemy will ________ the countryside.






13. Odd; whimsical; irregular The comet passed close by the earth in its ________ orbit.






14. Advocate of voting rights (for women) In recognition of her efforts to win the vote for women - Congress authorized coining a silver dollar honoring the ________ Susan B. Anthony.






15. Severe trial or affliction Terry Anderson spoke movingly of his long ________ as a hostage in Lebanon.






16. Coarsely insulting; physically harmful An ________ parent damages a child both mentally and physically.






17. Comment; make explanatory notes In the appendix to the novel - the critic sought to ________ many of the more esoteric references.






18. Systematic An accountant must be ________ and maintain order among his financial records.






19. Revive The lifeguard tried to ________ the drowned child by applying artificial respiration.






20. Copy When you ________ your notes - please send a copy to Mr.Smith and keep the original for our files.






21. Mass of floating ice The ship made slow progress as it battered its way through the ice ________s.






22. Sing; babble. Every morning the birds ________d outside her window.






23. Whimsical; visionary This is a ________ scheme because it does not consider the facts.






24. Invigorating medicine The ________ water invigorated her - contrary to the enervating effect of the alcohol.






25. Blues; listlessness; slack period Once the excitement of meeting her deadline was over - she found herself in the ________.






26. Sordid; unwholesome In the Godfather - Michael Corleone is unwilling to expose his wife and children to the ________ side of his life as the son of a Mafia don.






27. Deny; go back on He ________d on paying off his debt.






28. 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.






29. Friendly; aiming to please The ________ youth was liked by all who met him - because of his cheerful and obliging manner.






30. Poke; stir up; urge If you ________ him hard enough - he'll eventually clean his room.






31. 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.






32. Face He prided himself on his ability to analyze a person's character by studying his ________.






33. Give an imitation that ridicules - In his caricature - he ________d the mannerisms of his adversary.






34. Occurring in an unexpected and contrary manner It is ________ that his success came when he least wanted it.






35. Draftee; person forced into military service Did Rambo volunteer to fight in Vietnam - or was he a ________ - drafted against his will?






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






37. Any ulcerous sore; any evil - Poverty is a ________ in the body politic; it must be cured.






38. Call upon; ask for She ________d her advisor's aid in filling out her financial aid forms.






39. Split - Erosion caused a ________ in the huge boulder.






40. Person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs He was one of the few ________s in the Congress; he constantly voiced his objections to the Presidential program.






41. Roman outer robe Marc Antony pointed to the slashes in Caesar's ________.






42. Quarrel; obtain through arguing; herd cattle. They _________led over their inheritance.






43. Ghost; phantom Hamlet was uncertain about the identity of the ________ that had appeared and spoken to him.






44. Excessively modest or proper person The X-rated film was definitely not for ________s.






45. 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.






46. Mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet Tolkien's use of Old English words and inscriptions in the ________ alphabet give The Lord of the Rings its atmosphere of antiquity.






47. Lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree In Singing in the Rain - Gene Kelly sang and danced his way throughtthe lighthearted title number in a properly ________ style.






48. Strangle The criminal tried to ________ the old man with his bare hands.






49. Harmful We must trace the source of these ________ gases before they asphyxiate us.






50. Amuse The popularity of Florida as a winter resort is constantly increasing; each year - thousands more ________ themselves at Miami and Palm Beach.