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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Connection I fail to see the ________ that binds these two widely separated events.
nexus
migratory
conglomeration
propagate
2. Abandon; disown; repudiate Even though she knew she would be burned at the stake as a witch - Joan of Arc refused to ________ her belief that her voices came from God.
eddy
temerity
stem from
renounce
3. Condemn; critcize The reform candidate ________d the corrupt city officers for having betrayed the public's trust.
trigger
taut
denounce
forebears
4. Ostentatious; ambitious I do not feel that your limited resources will permit you to carry out such a ________ program.
pretentious
bicker
profane
lope
5. Stout; corpulent The salesclerk tactfully referred to the overweight customer as ________ rather than fat.
penury
gorge
menial
portly
6. Means; effort By ________ of much hard work - the volunteers were able to control the raging forest fire.
dint
belligerent
encroachment
recourse
7. Privilege; unquestionable right The President cannot levy taxes; that is the ________ of the legislative branch of government.
ossify
illicit
prerogative
raucous
8. Person wearing tattered clothes He felt sorry for the ________ who was begging for food and gave him money to buy a meal.
interdict
conveyance
ragamuffin
incidence
9. Wavering Meteorologists watch the ________s of the barometer in order to predict the weather.
dexterous
fluctuation
ordain
vacillate
10. Sediment; worthless residue David poured the wine carefully to avoid stirring up the ________.
subside
component
dregs
impute
11. Flood; rush When we advertised the position - we received a ________ of applications.
deluge
relish
garish
studied
12. Enjoy; have a distinctive flavor - smell - or quality Relishing his triumph - Costner especially ________ed the chagrin of the critics who had predicted his failure.
physiological
delta
savor
odoriferous
13. Disgustingly excessive His ________ praise of the dictator annoyed his listeners.
perifidious
viscous
fulsome
quip
14. Assumed; counterfeit; hypothetical I find no similarity between your ________ illustration and the problem we are facing.
slander
sycophant
incense
supposititious
15. Drunken Emperor Nero attended the ________ orgy.
grouse
attest
bacchanalian
capillary
16. Binding; rigid I think these regulations are too ________.
stringent
ironic
alacrity
fanciful
17. Country bumpkin. At school - his classmates regarded him as a yokel and laughed at his rustic mannerisms.
yokel
embezzlement
parsimonious
misanthrope
18. Harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill In a controlled experiment - fifty volunteers were given erythromycin tablets; the control group received only ________s.
placebo
betroth
legacy
troth
19. Enthusiasm; liveliness She approached her studies with such ________ that it was impossible for her to do poorly.
amnesia
quizzical
verve
conjecture
20. Curse The high priest ________ the heretic.
condole
anathematize
zealot
protean
21. Outward appearance; guise Although this book has a ________ of wisdom and scholarship - a careful examination will reveal many errors and omissions.
drone
discourse
partial
semblance
22. In a state of rage The police had to be called in to restrain him after he ran ________ in the department store.
lassitude
circlet
amok
hypochondriac
23. 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.
respite
synchronous
puissant
jaunty
24. Disastrous People ignored her ________ predictions of an approaching depression.
queasy
dire
burly
hoard
25. Babble The children ________ endlessly about their new toys.
saline
prattle
incapacitate
mores
26. Ornament a metal surface by indenting - With his hammer - he carefully ________d an intricate design onto the surface of the chalice.
chase
manifesto
gustatory
insouciant
27. Range of knowledge I cannot answer your question since this matter is beyond my ________.
ken
repress
aureole
serpentine
28. People of standing; class of people just below nobility The local ________ did not welcome the visits of the summer tourists and tried to ignore their presence in the community.
gentry
affidavit
insuperable
pummel
29. After death (as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death) The critics ignored his works during his lifetime; it was only after the ________ publication of his last novel that they recognized his great talent.
presentiment
cipher
posthumous
indenture
30. Insane She became increasingly ________ and had to be hospitalized.
figment
retribution
dissemble
demented
31. Introduction; forerunner I am afraid that this border raid is the ________ to more serious attacks.
prelude
physiognomy
disperse
clandestine
32. Manlike The gorilla is the strongest of the ________ animals.
orthodox
anthropoid
shackle
reputable
33. Narrate or tell; count over again About to ________ the latest adventure of Sherlock Holmes - Watson lost track of exactly how many cases Holmes had solved and refused to begin his tale until he'd recounted them one by one.
recount
solvent
tremor
emend
34. Sudden violent change of feeling; negative reaction Many people in this country who admired dictatorships underwent a ________ when they realized what Hitler and Mussolini were trying to do.
treatise
chivalrous
don
revulsion
35. Divided into two branches; forked With a ________ branch and a piece of elastic rubber - he made a crude but effective slingshot.
gargolye
concession
bandy
bifurcated
36. Soothing or softening remedy He applied an ________ to the inflamed area.
patina
inanimate
lurid
emollient
37. With a sideways or indirect look Looking ________ at her questioner - she displayed her scorn.
ruffian
askance
lethargic
stultify
38. Unalterable Let us not brood over past mistakes since they are ________.
gyroscope
gaudy
stalwart
irrevocable
39. Marrigeable Mrs. Bennet - in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - was worried about finding suitable husbands for her five ________ daughters.
torque
limpid
nubile
babble
40. One who hates mankind We thought the hermit was a ________ because he shunned our society.
capacious
misanthrope
unilateral
interdict
41. Amuse; delude; cheat I ________d himself during the long hours by playing solitaire.
scuffle
beguile
ultimatum
factious
42. Pithy maxim An ________ differs from an adage in that it is more philosophical or scientific.
vociferous
aphorism
dingy
toil
43. Heat-producing - Coal is much more ________ than green wood.
roil
calorific
cohorts
madrigal
44. Too certain to be disputed In the face of these ________ statements - I withdraw my complaint.
resplendent
indisputable
glower
progenitor
45. Teacher of philosophy; quibbler; employer of fallacious reasoning You are using all the devices of a ________ in trying to prove your case; your argument is specious.
ruminate
mutter
sophist
infirmity
46. Positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath Despite Tom's ________ of innocence - Aunt Polly still suspected he had eaten the pie.
whorl
affirmation
frivolous
upbraid
47. Trunk of statue with head and limbs missing; human trunk This ________ - found in the ruins of Pompeii - is now on exhibition in the museum in Naples.
torso
annuity
intimate
hapless
48. Peak; pinnacle; highest point Welles's success in Citizen Kane marked the ________ of his career as an actor; never again did he achieve such popular acclaim.
bane
acme
warble
assurance
49. Dead; no longer in use or existence The lawyers sought to examine the books of the ________ corporation.
fiasco
apex
defunct
lament
50. School for training future ministers; secondary school - especially for young women Sure of his priestly vocation - Terrence planned to pursue his theological training at the local Roman Catholic ________.
idiosyncrasy
heterogeneous
seminary
lumen