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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Opinion contrary to popular belief or to accepted religion He was threatened with excommunication because his remarks were considered to be pure ________.
latitude
heresy
postulate
punitive
2. Half-stifled laugh The boy could not suppress a ________ when the teacher sat on the tack.
solvent
snicker
churlish
invulnerable
3. Powerful; strong; potent We must keep his friendship for he will make a ________ ally.
advocate
puissant
palimpsest
scad
4. Pierce; put a hole through Before you can open the aspirin bottle - you must first ________ the plastic safety seal that covers the cap.
incapacitate
perforate
disheveled
philanderer
5. Change or harden into bone When he called his opponent a "bonehead -" he implied that his adversary's brain had ________(ied) and that he was not capable of clear thinking.
ossify
badinage
opaque
gratis
6. Be disturbed; boil The nation was ________ing with discontent as the nobleman continued their arrogant ways.
seethe
troth
demure
engender
7. Fill up again Before she could take another backpacking trip - Carla had to ________ her stock of freeze-dried foods.
salacious
perspicuity
incapacitate
replenish
8. Blessed; consecrated She was laid to rest in ________ ground.
hallowed
fundamental
betroth
postulate
9. One who commits sabotage; destroyer of property Members of the Resistance acted as ________s - blowing up train lines to prevent supplies from reaching the Nazi army.
saboteur
decry
eminent
symmetry
10. Trifles; unimportant matters Too many magazines ignore newsworthy subjects and feature ________.
occlude
trivia
enduring
reverie
11. Defensive mound on earth "From the ________s we watched" as the fighting continued.
inveterate
enigmatic
disjointed
rampart
12. Neat and trim In "The Odd Couple -" Tony Randall played Felix Unger - an excessively ________ soul who could not stand to have a hair out of place.
mortician
belligerent
ken
dapper
13. Confuse; mix up His thoughts were ________d and chaotic.
blasphemous
trenchant
muddle
entreat
14. Well-bred; elegant We are looking for a man with a ________ apperance who can inspire confidence by his cultivated manner.
genteel
foreshadow
transmute
verbose
15. Pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores During the course of his ________ research - the scientist developed a steel alloy of tremendous strength.
metallurgical
mutinous
servitude
aristocracy
16. Wakefulness; inability to sleep He refused to join us in a midnight cup of coffee because he claimed it gave him ________.
despondent
insomnia
obsidian
auspicious
17. Marked with parallel bands; grooved The glacier left many ________ rocks.
bestow
striated
inalienable
stanza
18. Beginning; origin Tracing the ________ of a family is the theme of "Roots."
turncoat
genesis
empathy
retroactive
19. Marrigeable Mrs. Bennet - in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - was worried about finding suitable husbands for her five ________ daughters.
diminution
spatula
nubile
profilgate
20. Person who collects coins The ________ had a splendid collection of antique coins.
intractable
mottled
entree
numismatist
21. Journey Auntie Mame was a world traveler whose ________s took her from Tiajuana to Timbuctoo.
peregrination
malleable
swathe
apex
22. Irregularity A bird that cannot fly is an ________.
fresco
anomaly
blighted
incarcerate
23. Droop; grow feeble When the opposing hockey team scored its third goal only minutes into the first period - the home team's spirits ________ged.
flag
seamy
despondent
travesty
24. Babble The children ________ endlessly about their new toys.
hatch
allege
elixir
prattle
25. Legal delay of payment If we declare a ________ and delay collection of debts for six months - I am sure the farmers will be able to meet their bills.
jollity
ogle
parallelism
moratorium
26. Parched; dry After the unseasonably dry winter the Berkeley hills looked dusty and ________.
incidence
sere
garbled
surreptitious
27. Non-moral The ________ individual lacks a code of ethics; he should not be classified as immoral.
fulcrum
amoral
diatribe
peon
28. Nearness The deer sensed the hunter's ________ and bounded away.
magnanimity
proliferate
ineffable
proximity
29. Heat; passion; zeal Katya's ________ was contagious; soon all her fellow demonstrators were busily making posters and handing out flyers - inspired by her ardent enthusiasm for the cause.
jargon
ardor
unprepossessing
writ
30. Unrestrained; willfully malicious; unchaste. Pointing to the stack of bills - Sheldon criticized Sarah for her wanton expenditures. In response - Sara accused Sheldon of making an unfounded - wanton attack.
daunt
wanton
synoptic
gaudy
31. Burn without flame; be liable to break out at any moment The rags ________ed for hours before they burst into flame.
commandeer
attest
smolder
uniformity
32. Iridescent The Ancient Mariner admired the ________ sheen on the water.
opalescent
virulent
graphic
affiliation
33. Mark from beating or whipping. The evidence of child abuse was very clear; Jennifer's small body was covered with ________s and bruises.
formality
vendetta
precipitous
welt
34. Cure-all; something invigorating The news of her chance to go abroad acted on her like an ________.
succumb
elixir
derogatory
ductility
35. Protrusion; bulge A ganglionic cyst is a fluid-filled tumor (generally benign) that develops near a joint membrane or tendon sheath - and that bulges beneath the skin - forming a ________.
opprobrium
tactile
emulate
protuberance
36. Repetition of beginning sound in poetry "The furrow followed free" is an example of ________.
buttress
guise
alliteration
tepid
37. Composed; grave The parents were worried because they felt their son was too quiet and ________.
paradigm
sedate
emissary
percussion
38. Meeting place The two fleets met at the ________ at the appointed time.
rendezvous
chalice
peon
paucity
39. Loosely connected Though he tried to follow the plot of Gravity's Rainbow - John found the novel too ________.
archives
episodic
dolorous
peccadillo
40. Mercy killing Many people support ________ for terminally ill patients who wish to die.
incompatible
euthanasia
rousing
secession
41. Unerring We must remember that none of us is ________; we all make mistakes.
gait
infallible
pusillanimous
aviary
42. Agent; messenger The secretary of State was sent as the President's special ________ to the conference on disarmament.
inertia
emissary
ancillary
precipitate
43. Moving at an easy pace When she first mounted the horse - she was afraid to urge the animal to go faster than a gentle amble.
amble
accessory
jostle
replenish
44. Divine gift; great popular charm or appeal - Political commentators have deplored the importance of a candidate's ________ in these days of television campaigning.
eschew
thrive
attribute
charisma
45. Flexible Hours of ballet classes kept him ________.
surfeit
floe
sporadic
limber
46. Abundantly fruitful She was a ________ writer who produced as many as three books a year.
stoke
indigenous
asceticism
prolific
47. Relating to the stars She was amazed at the number of ________ bodies the new telescope revealed.
cleave
perspicuity
astral
intervene
48. Selected passage (written or musical) The cinematic equivalent of an ________ from a novel is a clip from a film.
inevitable
paradox
excerpt
repartee
49. State of being immovable Modern armies cannot afford the luxury of ________ - as they are vulnerable to attack while standing still.
sully
knead
immobility
extrapolation
50. Harmonious; in harmony with They were ________ neighbors - never quarreling over unimportant matters.
lambaste
compatible
ken
champion
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