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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

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1. Pertaining to drama Her success in the school play convinced her she was destined for a ________ career.






2. Characteristic of an entire class or species Sue knew so many computer programmers who spent their spare time playing fantasy games that she began to think that playing Dungeon & Dragons was a ________ trait.






3. Assent; agree passively Although she appeared to ________ to her employer's suggestions - I could tell she had reservations about the changes he wanted made.






4. Characterizing or affecting all; present everywhere At first - no one shared Christopher's opinions; his theory that the world was round was met with universal disdain.






5. Long life When he reached ninety - the old man was proud of his ________.






6. Cut down; economize If they were to be able to send their children to college - they would have to ________.






7. Rebellion; uprising Given the current state of affairs in South Africa - an ________ seems unavoidable.






8. Various; several My suspicions were aroused when I read ________ items in the newspapers about your behavior.






9. Sheer; like cobwebs Nylon can be woven into ________ or thick fabrics.






10. Become popular with He tried to ________ himself into her parents' good graces.






11. Bleach; whiten Although age had ________ed his hair - he was still vigorous and energetic.






12. Bold Despite the dangerous nature of the undertaking - the ________ soldier volunteered for the assignment.






13. Custom; habitual procedure. As was his _________ - he jogged two miles every morning before going to work.






14. Belittle Do not ________ anyone's contribution; these little gifts add up to large sums.






15. Capable of being stretched Mountain climbers must know the ________ strength of their ropes.






16. Scarcity The ________ of skilled labor compelled the employers to open trade schools.






17. Denial; disclaiming His ________ of his part in the conspiracy was not believed by the jury.






18. Cower; lose heart He was afraid that he would ________ in the face of danger.






19. Flabby His sedentary life had left him with ________ muscles.






20. Body divided into ranks It was difficult to step out of one's place in this ________.






21. Supposed He is the ________ father of the child.






22. Staff officer assisting the commander; assistant Though Wellington delegated many tasks to his chief ________ - Lord Fitzroy Somerset - Somerset was in no doubt as to who made all major decisions.






23. Act of dissecting living animals The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals opposed ________ and deplored the practice of using animals in scientific experiments.






24. Sameness; consistency; monotony After a while - the ________ of TV situation comedies becomes boring.






25. Conclusion of an oration The ________ was largely hortatory and brought the audience to its feet clamoring for action at its close.






26. Slightly obscure In ________ weather - you cannot see the top of this mountain.






27. Ponder For a moment he ________d about the beauty of the scene - but his thought soon changed as he recalled his own personal problems.






28. Aversion; dislike His extreme ________ to dispute caused him to avoid argumentative discussions with his friends.






29. Loosely connected Though he tried to follow the plot of Gravity's Rainbow - John found the novel too ________.






30. Change; convert to something different He was unable to ________ his dreams into actualities.






31. Distortion; burlesque - The caricatures he drew always emphasized personal weaknesses of the people he burlesqued.






32. Masses of leaves Every autumn before the leaves fell he promised himself he would drive though the New England to admire the colorful fall ________.






33. Pertaining to passionate love The ________ passages in this novel should be removed as they are merely pornographic.






34. State of stubborn unwillingness to compromise The ________ of both parties in the dispute makes an early settlement almost impossible to obtain.






35. Paint or draw with dots Seurat carefully ________d dabs of pure color on the canvas - juxtaposing dots of blue and yellow that the viewer's eye would interpret as green.






36. Not practical or applied; hypothetical Bob was better at applied engineering and computer programming than he was at ________ physics and math. While I can still think of some theoretical objections to your plan - you've convinced me of its basic sou






37. Pertaining to existence; pertaining to the philosophy of ________ism To the existential philosopher - human reason is inadequate to explain an irrational - meaningless universe.






38. Ash-colored; deadly pale Her face was ________ with fear.






39. Apt; suitably expressed; well chosen He was famous for his ________ remarks and was called upon to serve as master-of-ceremonies at many banquet.






40. Meeting The lovers kept their ________ even though they realized their danger.






41. Damnation; complete ruin Praying for salvation - young Daedalus feared he was damned to eternal ________.






42. Behaving like a slave; servile; obsequious He was proud and dignified; he refused to be ________ to anyone.






43. Capture; enslave From the moment he saw her picture - he was ________ed by her beauty.






44. Madly excited As soon as they smelled smoke - the ________ animals milled about in their cages.






45. Abnormal; irregular He was placed in the ________ position of seeming to approve procedures that he despised.






46. Conformity in fulfilling requirements; readiness to The design for the new school had to be in ________ with the local building code.






47. Cause; produce To receive praise for real accomplishments ________s self-confidence in a child.






48. Slanderous remark Do not cast ________s on her character.






49. Beyond that which is normal in nature John's mother's total ability to tell when he was lying struck him as almost ________.






50. Discord Some contemporary musicians deliberately use ________ to achieve certain effects.