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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Criminal We must try to bring these ________s to justice.






2. Attacking cherished traditions George Bernard Shaw's ________ plays often startled more conventional people.






3. Change of form The ________ of caterpillar to butterfly is typical of many such changes in animal life.






4. Immature; shallow Your ________ remarks are a sign of your youth and indicate that you have not given much thought to the problem.






5. Determine or seek opinions - votes - etc. - After ________ing the sentiments of his constituents - the congressman was confident that he represented the majority opinion of his district.






6. Tightly packed; firm; brief His short - ________ body was better suited to wrestling than to basketball.






7. Student of the history and science of humankind ________s have discovered several relics of prehistoric humans in this area.






8. Revive The lifeguard tried to ________ the drowned child by applying artificial respiration.






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






10. Easily nauseated; squeamish As the ship left the harbor - he became ________ and thought that he was going to suffer from seasickness.






11. New or newly coined word or phrase As we invent new techniques and professions - we must also invent ________ such as "microcomputer" and "astronaut" to describe them.






12. Fall back or sink again The economy ________d into a depression from the peak.






13. Suggest a meaning not expressed Even though your statement does not declare that you are at war with that country - your actions ________ that that is the actual situation.






14. Pure; spotless The West Point cadets were ________ as they lined up for inspection.






15. Charm She wore the ________ to ward off evil.






16. Boisterous merrymaking New Year's Eve is a night of ________.






17. Headlong; rash Do not be ________ in this matter; investigate further.






18. Gather; assemble Washington mustered his forces at Trenton.






19. Favoring or exercising total control; non-democratic The people had no control over their destiny; they were forced to obey the dictates of the ________ regime.






20. Form of government of nation or state Our ________ should be devoted to the concept that the government should strive for the good of all citizens.






21. Fit for plowing The land was no longer ________; erosion had removed the valuable topsoil.






22. Social or moral custom; established practice Flying in the face of ________ - George Sand (Amandine Dudevant) shocked her contemporaries by taking lovers and wearing men's clothes.






23. Vengeance; compensation; punishment for offenses The evangelist maintained that an angry deity would exact ________ from the sinners.






24. White with age The man was ________ and wrinkled when he was 70.






25. Make numb; stun; amaze Disapproving of drugs in general - Laura refused to take sleeping pills or any other medicine that might ________ her.






26. Group of persons joined in political intrigue; cabal As soon as he learned of its existence - the dictator ordered the execution of all of the members of the ________.






27. All-powerful The monarch regarded himself as ________ and responsible to no one for his acts.






28. Seller The fruit ________ sold her wares from a stall on the sidewalk.






29. Chew the cud; ponder We cannot afford to wait while you ________ upon these plans.






30. Drowsy; dull The stuffy room made her ________; she felt as if she was about to nod off.






31. Neigh like a horse. When he laughed through his nose - it sounded as if he ________(ied).






32. Liable to err I know I am ________ - but I feel confident that I am right this time.






33. Untidy Your ________ appearance will hurt your chances in this interview.






34. Infringe; touch; collide with How could they be married without ________ing on one another's freedom?






35. Freedom from narrow limitations I think you have permitted your son too much ________ in this matter.






36. Physician specializing in delivery of babies Unlike midwives - who care for women giving birth at home - ________s generally work in a hospital setting.






37. Sift; separate good parts from bad. This test will _________ out the students who study from those who don't bother.






38. Sleeping; lethargic; torpid Sometimes ________ talents in our friends surprise those of us who never realize how gifted our acquaintances really are.






39. Report; record (in chronological order) - The gossip columnist was paid to ________ the latest escapades of the socially prominent celebrities.






40. Man owing small estate; middle-class farmer.It was not the aristocrat but the ________ who determined the nation's policies.






41. Raid The company staged a midnight ________ against the enemy outpost.






42. Amendment or clause added to a legislative bill Senator Foghorn said he would support Senator Filibuster's tax reform bill only if Filibuster agreed to add an antipollution ________ to the bill.






43. Shred; least bit You have not produced a ________ of evidence to support your argument.






44. Private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy - At the opening of Congress the members of the Democratic Party held a ________ to elect the majority leader of the House and the party whip.






45. One who is introspective; inclined to think more about oneself In his poetry - he reveals that he is an ________ by his intense interest in his own problems.






46. Grow forth; send out buds - In the spring - the plants that ________ are a promise of the beauty that is to come.






47. Tending to overthrow; destructive At first glance - the notion that Styrofoam cups may actually be more ecologically sound than paper cups strikes most environmentalists as ________.






48. Problem; choice of two unsatisfactory alternatives In this ________ - he knew no one to whom he could turn for advice.






49. Producing motion Designers of the electric automobile find that their greatest obstacle lies in the development of light and efficient storage batteries - the source of the ________ energy needed to propel the vehicle.






50. 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.