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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Pacify; conciliate The teacher tried to ________ the angry mother.






2. Residue from smelting metal; dross; waste matter The blast furnace had a special opening at the bottom to allow the workers to remove the worthless ________.






3. Ash-colored; deadly pale Her face was ________ with fear.






4. Mock; ridicule He ________ed at dentists until he had his first toothache.






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






6. Corpse - In some states - it is illegal to dissect ________s.






7. Shell covering the back (of a turtle - crab - etc) - At the children's zoo - Richard perched on top of the giant turtle's hard ________ as it slowly made its way around the enclosure.






8. Terse; concise; aphoristic After reading so many redundant speeches - I find his ________ style particulary pleasing.






9. Everlasting Ponce de Leon hoped to find ________ youth.






10. Excessive; overabundant - unnecessary Please try not to include so many ________ details in your report; just give me the bare facts.






11. Fret about; hesitate - for ethical reasons Fearing that her husband had become involved in an affair - she did not ________ to read his diary.






12. Nearness; kinship Their relationship could not be explained as being based on mere ________: they were more than relatives; they were true friends.






13. Every two years The group held ________ meetings instead of annual ones.






14. Appearance of truth; likelihood Critics praised her for the ________ of her performance as Lady Macbeth. She was completely believable.






15. Clear beef soup The cup of ________ served by the stewards was welcomed by those who had been chilled by the cold ocean breezes.






16. In confusion; disorderly The excited students dashed ________ into the stadium to celebrate the victory.






17. Survey of enemy by soldiers; reconnoitering If you encounter any enemy soldiers during your ________- capture them for questioning.






18. Foul smelling; unwholesome I never could stand the ________ atmosphere surrounding the slaughter houses.






19. Tolerate; endure The dean would ________ no interference with his disciplinary actions.






20. Fashionable She always discarded all garments that were no longer ________.






21. Bulky; large Despite her family burdens - she kept up a ________ correspondence with her friends.






22. Support; act superior toward Experts in a field sometimes appear to ________ people who are less knowledgeable of the subject.






23. Characteristic of earlier times; primitive - unspoiled This area has been preserved in all its ________ wildness.






24. Tender to sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings. The quiet tone of ________ that ran through the novel never degenerated into the maudlin or the overly sentimental.






25. Cut off part of body; prune When the doctors had to ________ Ted Kennedy's leg to prevent the spread of cancer - he did not let the loss of his leg keep him from participating in sports.






26. Meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services After her long flight - Jill just wanted to nap - but the ________ bellboy was intent on showing her all the special features of the deluxe suite.






27. Bully; intimidate Billy resisted Ted's attempts to ________ him into handing over his lunch money.






28. Accustom a baby not to nurse; give up a cherished activity. He decided he would ________ himself away from eating junk food and stick to fruits and vegetables.






29. Opposite There is an ________ ratio between the strength of light and its distance.






30. Begin formally; install in office The candidate promised that he would inaugurate a new nationwide health care plan as soon as he was ________d as president.






31. Complete; consummate; make perfect The waiter recommended a glass of port to ________ the cheese.






32. Pertaining to induction or preceeding from the specific to the general The discovery of the planet Pluto is an excellent example of the results that can be obtained from ________ reasoning.






33. Behavior; bearing His sober ________ quieted the noisy revelers.






34. Dark; dusky Despite the stereotype - not all Italians are ________; many are fair and blond.






35. Contradict; give a false impression His coarse - hard-bitten exterior be________d his innate sensitivity.






36. Cold; cheerless The Aleutian Islands are ________ military outposts.






37. Decorate Wall paintings and carved statues ________ed the temple.






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






39. Unsupportable I find your theory ________ and must reject it.






40. Disgustingly excessive His ________ praise of the dictator annoyed his listeners.






41. Restore to good condition; renew They claim that they can ________ worn shoes so that they look like new ones.






42. Four-footed animal Most mammals are ________s.






43. Made of bone; bony The hollow "soft spot" found at the top of the infant's skull gradually closes as new ________ tissue fills in the gap.






44. Boat or yacht race Many boating enthusiasts followed the ________ in their own yachts.






45. Novel; unparalleled Margaret Mitchell's book Gone with the Wind was an ________ success.






46. Reproduce; duplicate To the chagrin of the scientists - they were unable to ________ the results of their controversial experiment.






47. Trip - especially one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense Though she maintained she had gone abroad to collect firsthand data on the Common Market - the opposition claimed that her trip was merely a political ________.






48. Intruder The merchant thought of his competitors as ________s who were stealing away his trade.






49. 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.






50. Dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual Though the ad writers had come up with a highly creative campaign to publicize the company's newest product - the head office rejected it for a more ________ - down-to-earth approach.