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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Impervious; not permitting passage through its substance This new material is ________ to liquids.






2. Deck opening; lid covering a deck opening The latch on the ________ failed to catch - so the hatch remained unlatched.






3. Narrow-minded; limited in scope As university chaplain - she sought to address universal religious issues and not limit herself to mere ________ concerns.






4. Lively; stirring "And now - let's have a rousing welcome for TV's own Roseanne Arnold - who'll lead us in a ________ rendition of 'The Star-Spangled Banner.'"






5. Disown; renounce claim to If I grant you this previlege - will you ________ all other rights?






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






7. Ornament a metal surface by indenting - With his hammer - he carefully ________d an intricate design onto the surface of the chalice.






8. Illegal The defense attorney claimed that the police had entrapped his client; that is - they had elicited the ________ action of which they now accuse of him.






9. Cast off Each spring - the snake ________s off its skin.






10. Variety; dissimilitude The ________ of colleges in this country indicates that many levels of ability are being served.






11. Pithy - compact saying Proverbs are ________s that have become familiar sayings.






12. Used to prevent disease Despite all ________ measures introduced by the authorities - the epidemic raged until cool weather set in.






13. Stroke; loss of consciousness followed by paralysis He was crippled by an attack of ________.






14. Deceiving This is only a mirage; let us not be fooled by its ________ effect.






15. Antiquated "Methinks -" "thee -" and "thou" are ________ words that are no longer part of our normal vocabulary.






16. Played in an abrupt manner; marked by abrupt - sharp sound His ________ speech reminded one of the sound of a machine gun.






17. Cut off part of body; prune When the doctors had to ________ Ted Kennedy's leg to prevent the spread of cancer - he did not let the loss of his leg keep him from participating in sports.






18. Take apart When the show closed - they ________d the scenery before restoring it.






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






20. Operatic solo At her Metropolitan Opera audition - Marian Anderson sang an ________ from Norma.






21. Complicated situation; perplexity; entanglement He was called in to settle the ________ but failed to bring harmony into the situation.






22. Tending toward the center - Does ________force or the force of gravity bring orbiting bodies to the earth's surface?






23. Obscure; puzzling Many have sought to fathom the ________ smile of the Mona Lisa.






24. Toning down; changing from one key to another When we she spoke - it was with quiet ________ of voice.






25. Yound woman making formal entrance into society As a ________ - she was often mentioned in the society columns of the newspapers.






26. Falling off - as of leaves The oak is a ________ tree.






27. Hater of women She accused him of being a ________ because he had been a bachelor all his life.






28. Loathing She looked at the snake with ________.






29. Pamphlet; a region of indefinite size The King granted William Penn a ________ of land in the New World.






30. Official publication He read the ________s regularly for announcement of his promotion.






31. Lustful Because they might arouse ________ impulses in their readers - the lewd books were banned by the clergy.






32. Split - Erosion caused a ________ in the huge boulder.






33. Respectable If you want to buy antiques - look for a ________ dealer; far too many dealers today pass off fakes as genuine antiques.






34. Fame For many years an unheralded researcher - Barbara McClintock gained international ________ when she won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.






35. Prove genuine An expert was needed to ________ the original Van Gogh painting - distinguishing it from its imitation.






36. Questionable medicine No quack selling ________s is going to cheat me.






37. The meat of a deer The hunters dined on ________.






38. Stocky; short and thick Tolkien's hobbits are somewhat ________ - sturdy little creatures - fond of good ale - good music - and good food.






39. Trivial; unimportant; very small She had no major complaints to make about his work - only a few ________ quibbles that were almost too minor to state.






40. Emancipate; free from bondage Enlightened slave owners were willing to ________ their slaves and thus put an end to the evil slavery in the country.






41. Commit an offense Only an insane person could ________ such a horrible crime.






42. Set off John is touchy today; say one word wrong and you'll ________ an explosion.






43. Place of spiritual expiation In this ________ - he could expect no help from his comrades.






44. Division of a long poem - Dante's poetic masterpiece The Divine Comedy is divided into ________s.






45. Risk - particularly of being exposed to disease or to the elements; unmasking; act of laying something open ________ to sun and wind had dried out her hair and weathered her face.






46. Inharmonious The married couple argued incessantly and finally decided to separate because they were ________.






47. Punish by placing in a wooden frame; subject to criticism and ridicule Even though he was mocked and ________(ied)- he maintained that he was correct in his beliefs.






48. Hinder; block The special prosecutor determined that the Attorney General - though inept - had not intentionally set out to ________ the progress of the investigation.






49. Third He is so thorough that he analyzes ________ causes where other writers are content with primary and secondary reasons.






50. Marked with parallel bands; grooved The glacier left many ________ rocks.