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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth The audience saw through his attempts to ________ on the subject under discussion and ridiculed his remarks.






2. Body of customers - The rock club attracted a young - stylish ________.






3. Harmful Smoking cigarettes can be ________ to your health.






4. Fairness; justice Our courts guarantee ________ to all.






5. Without money Now that he was wealthy - he gladly contributed to funds to assist ________ and disbled persons.






6. Weakness The doctor prescribed vitamin and mineral supplements for the sick old woman because of her ________.






7. Very small In the twentieth century - physicists have made their greatest discoveries about the characteristics of ________ objects like the atom and its parts.






8. Move heavily of clumsily Still somewhat torpid after its long hibernation - the bear ________ed through the woods.






9. Science of preparing and serving good food One of the by-products of his trip to Europe was his interest in ________; he enjoyed preparing and serving foreign dishes to his friends.






10. Shed or cast off hair or feathers The male robin ________ed in the spring.






11. Distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental - Disliking the ________ sweetness of standard wedding cakes - Jody and Tom chose a homemade carrot cake for their reception.






12. Deadly It is unwise to leave ________ weapons where children may find them.






13. Higher mental powers He thought college would develop his ________.






14. Hollow The back-packers found partial shelter from the storm by huddling against the ________ wall of the cliff.






15. Person who has a compulsive desire to steal They discovered that the wealthy customer was a ________ when they caught her stealing some cheap trinkets.






16. Flood; rush When we advertised the position - we received a ________ of applications.






17. Moderation (especially regarding indulgence in alcohol); seriousness Neither drunkards nor comics are noted for ________.






18. Oppression; cruel government Frederick Douglass fought against the ________ of slavery throughout his entire life.






19. Place of spiritual expiation In this ________ - he could expect no help from his comrades.






20. Saturate - fill His visits to the famous Gothic cathedrals ________d him with feelings of awe and reverence.






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






22. Excess; overabundance She offered a ________ of excuses for her shortcomings.






23. Having an aim; biased; designed to further a cause The editorials in this periodical are ________ rather than truth-seeking.






24. Doubt; challenge; gainsay I cannot ________ your honesty without evidence.






25. Most favorable If you wait for the ________ moment to act - you may never begin your project .






26. Open to view According to the United States Constitution - a person must commit an ________ act before he may be tried for treason.






27. Pleasantly tart-tasting; stimulating The ________sauce added to our enjoyment of the meal.






28. Partial shadow (in an eclipse) During an eclipse - we can see an area of total darkness and a lighter area - which is the ________.






29. Suggested or implied meaning of an expression Foreigners frequently are unaware of the ________s of the words they use.






30. Native Tobacco is one of the ________ plants that the early explorers found in this country.






31. Pertaining to the organs or sense of touch His callused hands had lost their ________ sensitivity.






32. Goodness; moral excellence; good quality A ________ carried to extremes can turn into something resembling vice; humility - for example - can degenerate into servility and spinelessness.






33. Tax of one-tenth Because he was an agnostic - he refused to pay his ________s to the clergy.






34. Outcome The ________ of the rematch was that the former champion proved that he still possessed all the skills of his youth.






35. Poem or song expressing lamentation On the death of Edward King - Milton composed the ________ "Lycidas."






36. Green; lush in vegetation Monet's paintings of the ________ meadows were symphonies in green.






37. Contrast In "Star Wars -" dark - evil Darth Vader is a perfect ________ for fair-haired - naive Luke Skywalker.






38. Curative Now better known for its racetrack - Saratoga Springs first gained attention for the ________ qualities of its famous "healing waters."






39. Loss of speech due to injury or illness After the automobile accident - the victim had periods of ________ when he could not speak at all or could only mumble incoherently.






40. Lacking He was ________ of any personal desire for gain in his endeavor to secure improvement in the community.






41. Pertaining to maffige or the matrimonial state In his telegram - he wished the newlyweds a lifetime of ________ bliss.






42. Strict - stern His ________ demeanor prevented us from engaging in our usual frivolous activities.






43. Difference; condition of inequality The ________ in their ages made no difference at all.






44. Earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends The navy is our principal bulwark against invasion.






45. Church dignitary The archbishop of Moscow and other high-ranking ________s visited the Russian Orthodox seminary.






46. Environment; means of expression His ________ is watercolors - although he has produced excellent oil paintings and lithographs.






47. Nimbleness The ________ of the acrobat amazed and thrilled the audience.






48. 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.






49. Childish His ________ pranks sometimes offended his more mature friends.






50. Domestic; made at home homespun wit - like homespun cloth - was often coarse and plain.