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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Wanderer; tramp In summer - college students wander the roads of Europe like carefree ________s.
accolade
cartographer
vagabond
contaminate
2. Criticize harshly Hoping for a rave review of his new show - the playwright was miserable when the critics ________ned it unanimously.
foreboding
nautical
pan
galaxy
3. A doctor who treats mental diseases A ________ often needs long conferences with his patient before a diagnosis can be made.
emollient
laudable
psychiatrist
tutelage
4. Futile; worthless This agreement is ________ for no court will enforce it.
ramp
transgression
nugatory
beleaguer
5. Book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer - He taught by engaging his pupils in a ________ until they gave him the correct answer.
ebullient
windfall
catechism
strident
6. Poise; composure Wellington's nonchalance and ________ in the heat of battle always heartened his followers.
aplomb
mimicry
adversary
materialism
7. Persuade; bring about After the quarrel - Tina said nothing could ________ her to talk to Tony again.
induce
boisterous
shirk
alcove
8. Relentless; unyielding; implacable After listening to the pleas for clemency - the judge was ________ and gave the convicted man the maximum punishment allowed by law.
inexorable
fleece
fluency
indulgent
9. Move heavily of clumsily Still somewhat torpid after its long hibernation - the bear ________ed through the woods.
brittle
lumber
tyro
stamina
10. Steal The boys ________d apples from the fruit stand.
exacerbate
conspiracy
fancied
filch
11. Please intensely The audience was ________d by the freshness of the voices and the excellent orchestration.
enrapture
climactic
nauseate
mortify
12. Act of turning aside; pastime After studying for several hours - he needed a ________ from work.
diversion
postulate
uniformity
insalubrious
13. 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.
expunge
resumption
virile
painstaking
14. Person celebrated for wisdom Hearing tales of a mysterious Master of All Knowledge who lived in the hills of Tibet - Sandy was possessed with a burning desire to consult the legendary ________.
fatuous
sage
nurture
onomatopoeia
15. Flexible; easily influenced Catherine's disposition was ________; she was like putty in her suitor's hands.
pliant
shrewd
thespian
fulsome
16. Recollection Her ________s of her experiences are so fascinating that she ought to write a book.
leniency
laconic
reminiscence
expertise
17. Obsolete; outdated Accustomed to editing his papers on word processors - Philip thought typewriters were too ________ for him to use.
encroachment
buxom
antiquated
hydrophobia
18. Relating to an outline or diagram; using a system of symbols In working out the solution to an analytical logic question - you may find it helpful to construct a simple ________ diagram illustrating the relationships between the items of information
diaphanous
nocturnal
schematic
precise
19. Talkative She is very ________ and can speak on the telephone for hours.
desultory
puissant
slacken
loquacious
20. Fallen fruit; unexpected lucky event. This huge tax refund is quite a ________.
spectrum
esoteric
windfall
eugenic
21. Indifference; lack of interest Few people could understand how he could listen to the news of the tragedy with such ________; the mahority regarded him as callous and unsympathetic.
simplistic
adversity
nonchalance
indignation
22. Countercharges Loud and angry ________s were her answer to his accusations.
recrimination
agenda
onslaught
founder
23. Platform for speech-making; pulpit The crowd murmured angrily and indicated that they did not care to listen to the speaker who was approaching the ________.
rostrum
coercion
celibate
potential
24. Pithy - compact saying Proverbs are ________s that have become familiar sayings.
exonerate
insipid
apothegm
incendiary
25. Food I am very happy to be able to provide you with these ________; I know you are hungry.
paltry
victuals
penance
proletarian
26. Long - passionate - and vehement speech In her lengthy ________ - the principal berated the offenders.
phlegmatic
paraphernalia
harangue
subliminal
27. Something preceding in time that may be used as an authority or guide for future action This decision sets a ________ for future cases of a similar nature.
precedent
sacrilegious
marred
buxom
28. Without money Now that he was wealthy - he gladly contributed to funds to assist ________ and disbled persons.
machinations
impecunious
scotch
warrant
29. Yielding He was ________ and ready to go along with his friends' desires.
rationalization
conundrum
fester
compliant
30. Fear; trembling agitation We must face the enemy without ________ if we are to win this battle.
blowhard
trepidation
conceit
ensconce
31. Stinging - caustic His tendency to utter ________ remarks alienated his audience.
cog
acrimonious
philatelist
expertise
32. Expel; drive out The world wondered if Aquino would be able to ________ Marcos from office.
obnoxious
glacial
anarchy
oust
33. Brilliant; lustrous The toreador wore a ________ costume called a suit of lights.
concession
upshot
degraded
resplendent
34. Motivate I fail to understand what ________d you to reply to this letter so nastily.
profane
retrench
incantation
actuate
35. Relating to a unifying motif or idea Those who think of Moby Dick as a simple adventure story about whaling miss is underlying ________ import.
disabuse
blandishment
permeable
thematic
36. Mass for the dead; dirge They played Mozart's ________ at the funeral.
requiem
optimum
alliteration
cathartic
37. To be annonyed or vexed To ________ over your poor grades is foolish; instead - decide to work harder in the future.
libidinous
paradigm
fret
cataclysm
38. Negligent He was accused of being ________ in his duty when the prisoner escaped.
remiss
banal
transgression
ruddy
39. Fortress - The ________ overlooked the city like a protecting angel.
sumptuous
citadel
glean
assuage
40. Fear of being locked in - His fellow classmates laughed at his ________ and often threatened to lock him in his room.
claustrophobia
disparity
wither
serenity
41. Overwhelmingly favorable review Though critic John Simon seldom has a good word to say about contemporary plays - his review of All in the Timing was a total ________.
refrain
limbo
rave
virtue
42. Carelessness ________ can prove costly near complicated machinery.
collage
deadpan
prelude
negligence
43. 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.
analogy
reimburse
extradition
laity
44. Desert; abandon; renounce No one expected Foster to ________ his wife and children and run off with another woman.
forsake
mimicry
mettle
jaundiced
45. Fragments Ten years after World War II - some of the ________ left by enemy bombings could still be seen.
rubble
espouse
venue
conscript
46. Reconciling; soothing She was still angry despite his ________ words.
monumental
sleight
ebullient
conciliatory
47. Article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly He is preparing a ________ on the Elizabethan playwrights for his graduate degree.
treatise
enervate
rendezvous
effeminate
48. Speak equivocally about an issue. When asked directly about the governor's involvement in the savings and loan scandal - the press secretary ________d - talking all around the issue.
disparity
herpetologist
waffle
drudgery
49. Warm and damp August in New York City is often ________.
jargon
muggy
incessant
recrimination
50. Impermanence Conscious that all things pass - the psalmist relates the ________ of happiness and fame.
hilarity
disarray
bifurcated
transitoriness