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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Complete agreement We were surprised by the ________ with which our proposals were accepted by the different groups.






2. Wrong name; incorrect designation His tyrannical conduct proved to all that his nickname - King Eric the Just - was a ________.






3. Deification; glorification The Roman empress Livia envied the late emperor his ________; she hoped that on her death she - too - would be exalted to the rank of a god.






4. Resigned to defeat; accepting defeat as a natural outcome If you maintain your ________ attitude - you will never succeed.






5. Demanding much work or care; tedious In putting together his dictionary of the English language - Doctor Johnson undertook a ________ task.






6. Schemes I can see through your wily ________.






7. Delay; dawdle We can't ________ if we want to get to the airport on time.






8. Make less concentrated; reduce in strength She preferred her coffee ________d with milk.






9. Conspicuous; notable; protruding Have you ever noticed that Prince Charles's ________ ears make him resemble the big-eared character in Mad comics?






10. Roman army officer - Because he was in command of a company of one hundred soldiers - he was called a ________.






11. Basic; primary; essential The committee discussed all sorts of side issues without ever getting down to addressing the ________ problem.






12. Object to be thrown or projected Scientists are experimenting with guided ________s.






13. Menacing; threatening Jabbing a ________ forefinger at Dorothy - the Wicked Witch cried - "I'll get you - and your little dog - too!"






14. Model; example; pattern Pavlov's experiment in which he trains a dog to salivate on hearing a bell is a ________ of the conditioned- response experiment in behavioal psychology.






15. Science of law He was more a student of ________ than a practitioner of the law.






16. Pale purple The ________ tint in the lilac bush was another indication that spring had finally arrived.






17. Sharpen; stimulate. The odors from the kitchen are ________ting my appetite; I will be ravenous by the time the meal is served.






18. Apart; reserved Shy by nature - she remained ________ while all the rest conversed.






19. Pertaining to the people He lamented the passing of aristocratic society and maintained that a ________ society would lower the nation's standards.






20. Intensely cold Alaska is in the ________ zone.






21. Cajole; coax; deceive by flattery. She knows she can ________ almost anything she wants from her father.






22. Blunt; stupid Because he was so ________ - he could not follow the teacher's reasoning and asked foolish questions.






23. Bully; scoundrel The ________s threw stones at the police.






24. Cure-all; something invigorating The news of her chance to go abroad acted on her like an ________.






25. Gradual wearing down They decided to wage a war of ________ rather than to rely on all-out attack.






26. Seemingly reasonable but incorrect Let us not be misled by such ________ arguments.






27. Merry Santa Claus is always vivacious and ________.






28. Flair; flamboyance Many performers imitate Noel Coward - but few have his ________ and sense of style.






29. Security given for loan The sum you wish to borrow is so large that it must be secured by ________.






30. Instruct; correct morally Although his purpose was to ________ and not to entertain his audience - many of his listeners were amused and not enlightened.






31. Pleasantly tart-tasting; stimulating The ________sauce added to our enjoyment of the meal.






32. Patience We must use ________ in dealing with him because he is still weak from his illness.






33. Evolve - as in prenatal growth While this scheme was being ________d by the conspirators - they maintained complete silence about their intentions.






34. Not literal - but metaphorical; using a figure of speech "To lose one's marbles" is a ________ expression; if you're told Jack has lost his marbles - no one expects you to rush out to buy him a replacement set.






35. Make whole; combine; make into one unit She tried to ________ all their activities into one program.






36. Quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument We identify the instrument producing a musical sound by its ________.






37. Driving away; unattractive Mosquitoes find the odor so ________ that they leave any spot where this liquid has been sprayed.






38. Pertaining to the science of the function of living To understand this disease fully - we must examine not only its ________ aspects but also its psychological elements.






39. Scatter The molecules will ________ throughout the space according to the second law of thermodynamics.






40. Fickle; incalculable - The storm was ________ and changed course constantly.






41. Dry up A tour of this smokehouse will give you an idea of how the pioneers used to ________ food in order to preserve it.






42. Time of greatest success; prime In their ________- the San Francisco Forty-Niners won the Super Bowl two years running.






43. Tyranny The people rebelled against the ________ of the king.






44. Persuade; bring about After the quarrel - Tina said nothing could ________ her to talk to Tony again.






45. Unreasonable or capricious; tyrannical The coach claimed the team lost because the umpire made some ________ calls.






46. State of being nameless; anonymousness The donor of the gift asked the college not to mention him by name; the dean readily agreed to respect his ________.






47. 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.






48. Slope; slant The architect recommended that the nursing home's ramp be rebuilt because its ________ was too steep for wheelchairs.






49. Person who verbally harasses others The ________ kept interrupting the speaker with rude remarks.






50. Separate; part Northern and southern Ireland are politically and religiously ________ed.