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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Tasty; pleasing - attractive - or agreeable Julia Child's recipes enable amateur chefs to create ________ delicacies for their guests.






2. Grain-eating Some ________ animals have two stomachs for digesting their food.






3. Curative Now better known for its racetrack - Saratoga Springs first gained attention for the ________ qualities of its famous "healing waters."






4. Adjust; endanger the interests or reputation of Your presence at the scene of the dispute ________s our claim to neutrality in this matter.






5. Eager enthusiasm. Wang's _________ was contagious; soon all his fellow students were busily making posters - inspired by his ardent enthusiasm for the cause.






6. Forewarning We ignored these ________s of disaster because they appeared to be based on childish fears.






7. Occurring in an unexpected and contrary manner It is ________ that his success came when he least wanted it.






8. Like a fanatic; furious He was a ________ follower of the Dodgers and watched them play whenever he could go to the ball park.






9. Beg persistently Democratic and Republican phone solicitors ________d her for contributions so frequently that she decided to give nothing to either party.






10. Strong point or special talent I am not eager to play this rather seious role - for my ________ is comedy.






11. Relating to the stars She was amazed at the number of ________ bodies the new telescope revealed.






12. Cheap and gaudy He won a few ________ trinkets in Coney Island.






13. Move with a wavelike motion The flag ________d in the breeze.






14. Faultless He was proud of his ________ manners.






15. Opposite The inevitable ________ of peace is not war but annihilation.






16. Bear one's self; behave He ________ed himself with great dignity.






17. Deed or action - particularly a brave deed Raoul Wallenberg was noted for his ________s in rescuing Jews from Hitler's forces.






18. Chance; luck In his poem ________ - Thomas Hardy objects to the part chance plays in our lives.






19. Talent She has an uncanny ________ for discovering new artists before the public has become aware of their existence.






20. Broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing The manufacturers of this frying pan recommended the use of a rubber ________ to avoid scratching the specially treated surface.






21. Nourish; educate; foster The head Start program attempts to ________ prekindergarten children so that they will do well when they enter public school.






22. Ornate Modern architecture has discarded the ________ trimming on buildings and emphasizes simplicity of line.






23. Violent; hasty; rash We tried to curb his ________ behavior because we felt that in his haste he might offend some people.






24. Unfavorable; hostile ________ circumstances compelled him to close his business.






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






26. Expose as false - exaggerated - worthless - etc.; ridicule Pointing out that he conhsistently had voted afainst strenghtening antipollution legislation - reporters ________ed the candidate's claim that he was a fervent environmentalist.






27. Glowing ardor Their kiss was full of the ________ of first love.






28. Thresh grain by hand; strike or slap; toss about In medieval times - warriors ________ed their foe with a metal ball attached to a handle.






29. Not able to be corrected or repaired Your apology cannot atone for the ________ damage you have done to her reputation.






30. Government by a few The feudal ________ was supplanted by an autocracy.






31. Repay in kind (usually for bad treatment) Fear that we will ________ immediately deters our foe from attacking us.






32. Thought - Mathematics problems sometimes require much ________.






33. Border upon; adjoin Where our estates ________ - we must build a fence.






34. Flood; rush When we advertised the position - we received a ________ of applications.






35. Unfrightening Though Phil had expected to feel overawed when he met Joe Montana - he found the experience ________ and relaxing.






36. Assault He was ________ed with questions after his lecture.






37. Scatter The police fired tear gas into crowd to ________ the protesters.






38. Gentle breeze; west wind. When these _________s blow - it is good to be in an open boat under a full sail.






39. Change in direction After what seemed an eternity - the wind ________ed to the east and the storm abated.






40. Imitation Her gift for ________ was so great that her friends said that she should be in the theater.






41. Turn upside down or inside out When he ________ed his body in a hand stand - he felt the blood rush to his head.






42. Unsuccessful; fruitless We had to abandon our ________ attempts.






43. Easily deceived He preyed upon ________ people - who believed his stories of easy wealth.






44. Selected passage (written or musical) The cinematic equivalent of an ________ from a novel is a clip from a film.






45. Local or provincial dialect His years of study of the language at the university did not enable him to understand the ________ of the natives.






46. Droop; grow feeble When the opposing hockey team scored its third goal only minutes into the first period - the home team's spirits ________ged.






47. Subordinate possessions He bought the estate and all its ________.






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






49. Rising again after defeat - etc. The ________ nation surprised everyone by its quick recovery after total defeat.






50. Unit of light energy (one candle's worth) In buying light bulbs - she checked not only their power - as measured in watts - but their brightness - as measured in ________s.