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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Extremely agitated; hysterical When Kate heard the news of the sudden tragedy - she became too ________ to work and had to leave the office early.






2. Boisterous; noisy The crowd became ________ and shouted their disapproval of the proposals made by the speaker.






3. Unit of weight for precious stones; measure of fineness of gold - He gave her a diamond that weighed three ________s and was mounted in an eighteen-carat gold band.






4. Powerful person The oil ________s made great profits when the price of gasoline rose.






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






6. Grieve; express sorrow Even advocates of the war ________ed the loss of so many lives in combat.






7. Put to rout; defeat; disconcert This ruse will ________ the enemy.






8. Loyal; unswerving Penelope was ________ in her affections - faithfully waiting for Ulysses to return from his wanderings.






9. Fear A ruler who maintains his power by ________ is bound to develop clandestine resistance.






10. Temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; platform for execution Before painting the house - the workers put up a ________ to allow them to work on the second story.






11. Stamp-collector When she heard the value of the Penny Black stamp - Phyllis was inspired to become a ________.






12. Susceptible to wounds Achilles was ________ only in his heel.






13. Belief in one God Abraham was the first to proclaim his belief in ________.






14. Similarity; parallelism Your ________ is not a good one because the two situations are not similar.






15. Spying In order to maintain its power - the government developed a system of ________ that penetrated every hosehold.






16. Motivated solely by money or gain "I'm not in this war because I get my kicks waving flags -" said the ________ soldier. "I'm in it for the dough."






17. Swamp gas; heavy - vaporous atmosphere - often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence The smog hung over Victorian London like a dark cloud; noisome - reeking of decay - it was a visible ________.






18. Bitterness; hatred Let us forget out ________ and cooperate in this new endeavor.






19. Awkward He is an ________ young man; he trips over everything.






20. Scold; reproach I must ________ him for his unruly behavior.






21. Abnormal or deviant - Given the ________ nature of the data - we came to doubt the validity of the entire experiment.






22. Someone who eats too much When Mother saw that Bobby had eaten all the cookies - she called him a little ________.






23. Pertaining to the organs or sense of touch His callused hands had lost their ________ sensitivity.






24. Secret; mysterious What was ________ to us was clear to the psychologist.






25. Person or thing in excess of what is necessary; extra His first appearance on the stage was as a ________ in a Shakespearean tragedy.






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






27. Charge in court; indict After his indictment by the Grand Jury - the accused man was ________ed in the County Criminal Court.






28. Hypothesis; surmise I based my decision to confide in him on the ________ that he would be discreet.






29. Grave; serius; coy She was ________ and reserved.






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






31. Hesitate; shrink He did not ________ in the face of danger but fought back bravely.






32. Healthful Many people with hay fever move to more ________ sections of the country during the months of August and September.






33. Expurgate After the film editors had ________d the language in the script - the motion picture's rating was changed from "R" to "PG."






34. Interpret incorrectly; misjudge She took the passage seriously rather than humourously because she ________d the author's ironic tone.






35. Menacing; deadly Casting a ________ eye at his successful rival - the rejected suitor stole off - vowing to have his revenge.






36. Relieve This should ________ the pain; if it does not - we shall have to use stronger drugs.






37. Theft Because of the prisoner's record - the district attorney refused to reduce the charge from grand ________ to petit larceny.






38. 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.






39. Overseer of morals; person who eliminates inappropriate matter - Soldiers dislike having their mail read by a ________ but understand the need for this precaution.






40. Powerful; strong; potent We must keep his friendship for he will make a ________ ally.






41. Tendency to keep together A firm believer in the maxim "Divide and conquer -" the emperor - by lies and trickery - sought to disrupt the ________ of the free nations.






42. Stretch out full on ground He ________d himself before the idol.






43. Contemptible Your ________ remarks call for no reply.






44. Crown The king's ________ was on display at the museum.






45. Check the flow The paramedic used a tourniquet to ________ the bleeding from the slashed artery.






46. A place where bees are kept Although he spent many hours daily in the ________ - he was very seldom stung by a bee.






47. Stimulate by shock; stir up The entire nation was ________d into strong military activity by the news of the attack on Pearl Harbor.






48. Deadly It is unwise to leave ________ weapons where children may find them.






49. Cowardly; fainthearted You should be ashamed of your ________ conduct during this dispute.






50. Delicate skill The ________ and adroitness of the surgeon impressed the observers in the operating room.