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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Baffle; frustrate He felt that everyone was tying to ________ his plans and prevent his success.
thwart
baleful
levity
perspicuity
2. Advocate of voting rights (for women) In recognition of her efforts to win the vote for women - Congress authorized coining a silver dollar honoring the ________ Susan B. Anthony.
breadth
suffragist
relinquish
aggrandize
3. Take off A gentleman used to ________ his hat to a lady.
sporadic
obituary
travail
doff
4. Apparatus used to maintain balance - ascertain direction - etc. By using a rotating ________ - they were able to stabilize the vessel - counteracting the rolling movements of the sea.
check
immobility
sporadic
gyroscope
5. Unmoved; lacking concern Because she felt no desire to marry - she was ________ to his constant proposals.
viscous
ingratiate
atavism
indifferent
6. Murmur or grumble The child ________ed at the doll.
gadfly
sultry
refectory
mutter
7. Dose (of liquid) Tristan and Lsolde drink a love ________ in the first act of the opera.
rakish
ragamuffin
impassive
potion
8. Explain; interpret; clarify Harry Levin ________d James Joyce's novels with such clarity that even Finnegan's Wake seemed comprehensible to his students.
addendum
unfeigned
glean
explicate
9. Stir up; instigate This report will ________ disssension in the club.
inevitable
foment
practicable
unwarranted
10. 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.
robust
sophist
vitriolic
pulmonary
11. Deception; trickery The Trojan War proved to the Greeks that cunning and ________ were often more effective than military might.
regatta
artifice
premonition
pathos
12. Guilt; self-reproach The murderer felt no ________ for his crime.
collate
marked
remorse
deluge
13. Wanderer; tramp In summer - college students wander the roads of Europe like carefree ________s.
vagabond
tightwad
foster
sartorial
14. Isolation of a person - place - or ship to prevent spread of infection We will have to place this house under ________ until we determine the nature of the disease.
feckless
quarantine
olfactory
climactic
15. Not able to be corrected or repaired Your apology cannot atone for the ________ damage you have done to her reputation.
dialectic
errant
miserly
irreparable
16. Capable of being shaped by pounding Gold is a ________ metal.
malleable
finite
reprobation
genuflect
17. Turmoil; bewildering jumble. The existing ________ of overlapping federal and state proclaims cries out for immediate reform.
circumlocution
retaliate
welter
collage
18. Government under a single hereditary ruler with varying degrees of power England today remains a ________.
repellent
monarchy
lucre
unsullied
19. Genuine; real She turned so pale that I am sure her surprise was ________.
sedate
unfeigned
instigate
decollete
20. Private; peculiar to an individual Such behavior is ________ - it is as easily identifiable as a signature.
idiosyncratic
ambulatory
natty
sear
21. Give in When her stern father would not ________ and allow her to marry Robert Browning - Elizabeth Barrett eloped with her suitor.
vantage
loiter
relent
nonchalance
22. Cast off Each spring - the snake ________s off its skin.
slough
exude
agitate
roster
23. Patience We must use ________ in dealing with him because he is still weak from his illness.
forberance
enamored
ursine
metaphysical
24. Upset; distracted by anxiety The ________ parents frantically searched the ravine for their lost child.
appreciate
indubitably
whimsical
distraught
25. Logical formula consisting of a major premise - a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument There must be a fallacy in this ________; I cannot accept its conclusion.
syllogism
prostrate
puissant
comestible
26. Comic misuse of a word When Mrs. Malaprop criticizes Lydia for being "as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile -" she confuses "allegory" and "allegator" in a typical ________.
pedant
pulverize
malapropism
negation
27. Stir up a fire; feed plentifully As a Scout - Marisa learned how to light a fire - how to ________ it if it started to die down - and how to extinguish it completely.
parasite
pulmonary
stoke
braggadocio
28. Slingshot; hurling machine - Airplanes are sometimes launched from battleships by ________s.
usurp
vapid
catapult
collation
29. Agent; messenger The secretary of State was sent as the President's special ________ to the conference on disarmament.
emissary
antecede
stanza
obstreperous
30. Not earthly; weird There is an ________ atmosphere in her work that amazes the casual observer.
mercantile
denounce
unearthly
contest
31. Temporary invasion The nightly ________s and hit-and-run raids of our neighbors across the border tried the patience of the country to the point where we decided to retaliate in force.
ejaculation
incursion
lineage
dilate
32. Outmoded "Hip" is an ________ expression; it went out with love beads and tie-dye shirts.
obsolete
incorporeal
estranged
brevity
33. One who has more than one spouse at a time He was arrested as a ________ when his two wives filed complaints about him.
diverse
polygamist
prehensile
amoral
34. Blood feud The rival mobs engaged in a bitter ________.
calumny
wane
circumscribe
vendetta
35. Reading I am certain that you have missed important details in your rapid ________ of this document.
supposititious
fanciful
perusal
gourmet
36. Government by a few The feudal ________ was supplanted by an autocracy.
glossy
oblique
oligarchy
jocular
37. Lying on back The defeated pugilist lay ________ on the canvas.
pusillanimous
demur
supine
onus
38. Mixed indiscriminately; haphazard; irregular - particularly sexually In the opera La Boheme - we get a picture of the ________ life led by the young artists of Paris.
promiscuous
implore
deride
maverick
39. Rider on horseback These paths in the park are reserved for ________s and their steeds.
forensic
actuarial
smattering
equestrian
40. Spread throughout Despite airing them for several hours - she could not rid her clothes of the ________ odor of mothbals that clung to them.
capacious
abnegation
pervasive
awry
41. Uprightness; wholeness Lincoln - whose personal ________ has inspired millions - fought a civil war to maintain the integrity of the republic - that these United States might remain undivided for all time.
delusion
affidavit
alacrity
integrity
42. Impertinent; forward I think your ________ and impudent remarks call for an apology.
pauper
partisan
pert
advocate
43. Earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends The navy is our principal bulwark against invasion.
befuddle
portly
bulwark
circumscribe
44. Mangle; tear Her body was ________d in the automobile crash.
repository
lacerate
prim
sepulcher
45. Nearsighted In thinking only of your present needs and ignoring the future - you are being rather ________.
archetype
myopic
exorbitant
postulate
46. Line They stood patiently in the ________ outside the movie theatre.
diabolical
halcyon
queue
withdrawn
47. Encouraging; exhortive The crowd listened to his ________ statements with ever-growing excitement; finally they rushed from the hall to carry to his suggestions.
remnant
assiduous
hortatory
obtrusive
48. Trembling; slight quiver She had a nervous ________ in her right hand.
consequential
tremor
rout
renegade
49. Antiquated "Methinks -" "thee -" and "thou" are ________ words that are no longer part of our normal vocabulary.
archaic
reprieve
grapple
opus
50. Thrift; economy In these economically difficult days businesses must practice ________ or risk bankruptcy.
schematic
frugality
deciduous
banal