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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Complete agreement We were surprised by the ________ with which our proposals were accepted by the different groups.
monolithic
festive
advent
unanimity
2. Wrong name; incorrect designation His tyrannical conduct proved to all that his nickname - King Eric the Just - was a ________.
misnomer
subterfuge
evanescent
septic
3. Deification; glorification The Roman empress Livia envied the late emperor his ________; she hoped that on her death she - too - would be exalted to the rank of a god.
apotheosis
dubious
blighted
rankle
4. Resigned to defeat; accepting defeat as a natural outcome If you maintain your ________ attitude - you will never succeed.
motility
defeatist
sallow
conduit
5. Demanding much work or care; tedious In putting together his dictionary of the English language - Doctor Johnson undertook a ________ task.
laborious
vicarious
centigrade
fervid
6. Schemes I can see through your wily ________.
pretentious
apothecary
machinations
surrogate
7. Delay; dawdle We can't ________ if we want to get to the airport on time.
ethos
pied
tarry
mollify
8. Make less concentrated; reduce in strength She preferred her coffee ________d with milk.
seminal
dilute
flotsam
combustible
9. Conspicuous; notable; protruding Have you ever noticed that Prince Charles's ________ ears make him resemble the big-eared character in Mad comics?
belie
personable
prune
prominent
10. Roman army officer - Because he was in command of a company of one hundred soldiers - he was called a ________.
brochure
fancied
centurion
upshot
11. Basic; primary; essential The committee discussed all sorts of side issues without ever getting down to addressing the ________ problem.
imbecility
console
fundamental
rant
12. Object to be thrown or projected Scientists are experimenting with guided ________s.
preeminent
bantering
pensive
missile
13. Menacing; threatening Jabbing a ________ forefinger at Dorothy - the Wicked Witch cried - "I'll get you - and your little dog - too!"
minatory
garnish
syllogism
casualty
14. Model; example; pattern Pavlov's experiment in which he trains a dog to salivate on hearing a bell is a ________ of the conditioned- response experiment in behavioal psychology.
paradigm
truncate
restitution
mores
15. Science of law He was more a student of ________ than a practitioner of the law.
estranged
occident
jurisprudence
holocaust
16. Pale purple The ________ tint in the lilac bush was another indication that spring had finally arrived.
scrupulous
assent
mauve
pensive
17. Sharpen; stimulate. The odors from the kitchen are ________ting my appetite; I will be ravenous by the time the meal is served.
bestial
whet
smirk
pert
18. Apart; reserved Shy by nature - she remained ________ while all the rest conversed.
oblivion
aloof
infringe
scurvy
19. Pertaining to the people He lamented the passing of aristocratic society and maintained that a ________ society would lower the nation's standards.
decry
demotic
fallow
infraction
20. Intensely cold Alaska is in the ________ zone.
effigy
frigid
uniformity
posterity
21. Cajole; coax; deceive by flattery. She knows she can ________ almost anything she wants from her father.
assay
wheedle
revoke
mundane
22. Blunt; stupid Because he was so ________ - he could not follow the teacher's reasoning and asked foolish questions.
obtuse
conventional
flay
niggle
23. Bully; scoundrel The ________s threw stones at the police.
canto
viper
evoke
ruffian
24. Cure-all; something invigorating The news of her chance to go abroad acted on her like an ________.
ogle
elixir
enmity
stigma
25. Gradual wearing down They decided to wage a war of ________ rather than to rely on all-out attack.
doldrums
attrition
quarry
gratuitous
26. Seemingly reasonable but incorrect Let us not be misled by such ________ arguments.
adventitious
specious
barrister
ruminate
27. Merry Santa Claus is always vivacious and ________.
jocund
importune
bandy
nirvana
28. Flair; flamboyance Many performers imitate Noel Coward - but few have his ________ and sense of style.
eulogistic
panache
shambles
emaciated
29. Security given for loan The sum you wish to borrow is so large that it must be secured by ________.
jettison
collage
heterogeneous
collateral
30. Instruct; correct morally Although his purpose was to ________ and not to entertain his audience - many of his listeners were amused and not enlightened.
detrimental
perusal
responsiveness
edify
31. Pleasantly tart-tasting; stimulating The ________sauce added to our enjoyment of the meal.
piquant
buxom
autocrat
fester
32. Patience We must use ________ in dealing with him because he is still weak from his illness.
forberance
delusive
pliable
stipend
33. Evolve - as in prenatal growth While this scheme was being ________d by the conspirators - they maintained complete silence about their intentions.
repartee
usury
gestate
enclave
34. Not literal - but metaphorical; using a figure of speech "To lose one's marbles" is a ________ expression; if you're told Jack has lost his marbles - no one expects you to rush out to buy him a replacement set.
pomposity
figurative
vigilance
superimpose
35. Make whole; combine; make into one unit She tried to ________ all their activities into one program.
efficacy
integrate
validate
shyster
36. Quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument We identify the instrument producing a musical sound by its ________.
timbre
lumber
infringe
carcinogenic
37. Driving away; unattractive Mosquitoes find the odor so ________ that they leave any spot where this liquid has been sprayed.
amiable
insurrection
repellent
scoff
38. Pertaining to the science of the function of living To understand this disease fully - we must examine not only its ________ aspects but also its psychological elements.
vernacular
turgid
physiological
rationalize
39. Scatter The molecules will ________ throughout the space according to the second law of thermodynamics.
declivity
precipitate
intersperse
disinter
40. Fickle; incalculable - The storm was ________ and changed course constantly.
garbled
elated
capricious
roster
41. Dry up A tour of this smokehouse will give you an idea of how the pioneers used to ________ food in order to preserve it.
preternatural
array
minutiae
desiccate
42. Time of greatest success; prime In their ________- the San Francisco Forty-Niners won the Super Bowl two years running.
incongruity
pithy
heyday
zealot
43. Tyranny The people rebelled against the ________ of the king.
despotism
sanguine
paroxysm
hindrance
44. Persuade; bring about After the quarrel - Tina said nothing could ________ her to talk to Tony again.
pediatrician
tutelage
ratiocination
induce
45. Unreasonable or capricious; tyrannical The coach claimed the team lost because the umpire made some ________ calls.
inductive
apogee
naivete
arbitrary
46. State of being nameless; anonymousness The donor of the gift asked the college not to mention him by name; the dean readily agreed to respect his ________.
granary
continence
anonymity
omnipresent
47. 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.
demented
sublimate
extradition
petrify
48. Slope; slant The architect recommended that the nursing home's ramp be rebuilt because its ________ was too steep for wheelchairs.
offhand
foray
assay
incline
49. Person who verbally harasses others The ________ kept interrupting the speaker with rude remarks.
avow
kinetic
arduous
heckler
50. Separate; part Northern and southern Ireland are politically and religiously ________ed.
erratic
sunder
toxic
exculpate