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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Gradual wearing down They decided to wage a war of ________ rather than to rely on all-out attack.






2. Correct a false impression; undeceive I will attempt to ________ you of your impression of my client's guilt; I know he is innocent.






3. Artificial; pretended His ________ mannerisms irritated may of us who had known him before his promotion.






4. Deed or action - particularly a brave deed Raoul Wallenberg was noted for his ________s in rescuing Jews from Hitler's forces.






5. Neglectful of duty; abandoned The corporal who fell asleep while on watch was thrown into the guardhouse for being ________ in his duty.






6. Worship of idols; excessive admiration Such ________ of singers of country music is typical of the excessive enthusiasm of youth.






7. Strong inclination; liking He had a strong ________ for sculpture and owned many statues.






8. Premonition of evil Caeser ridiculed his wife's ________ about the Ides of March.






9. Approval Wanting her parents' regard - she looked for some sign of their ________.






10. Rival; imitate As long as our political leaders ________ the virtues of the great leaders of this country - we shall flourish.






11. Theoretical; not concrete; non-representational To him - hunger was an ________ concept; he had never missed a meal.






12. Moving force; incentive; stimulus A new federal highway program would create jobs and five added ________ to our economic recovery.






13. Particular variety of art or literature Both a short story writer and a poet - Langston Hughes proved himself equally skilled in either ________.






14. Supplying nourishment The ________ canal in our bodies is so named because digestion of foods occurs there.






15. Discourage His failure to pass the bar exam ________ed him.






16. Deceive Do not ________ yourself into believing that he will relent.






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






18. Insult; offend Accustomed to being treated with respect - Miss Challoner was ________ed by Vidal's offensive behavior.






19. Cause of ruin Lack of public transportation is the ________ of urban life.






20. Given to joking The salesman was so ________ that many of his customers suggested that he become a stand-up comic.






21. Fragments Ten years after World War II - some of the ________ left by enemy bombings could still be seen.






22. Written command issued by a court.The hero of Leonard's novel is a process server who invents unorthodox ways of serving _________s on reluctant parties.






23. Practical person No ________ enjoys becoming involved in a game that he can never win






24. Tax of one-tenth Because he was an agnostic - he refused to pay his ________s to the clergy.






25. Sleep producer; deadener of pain By such ________s - she made the people forget their difficulties and accept their unpleasant circumstances.






26. Extinct flying reptile The remains of ________s indicate that these flying reptiles had a wingspan of as much as twenty feet.






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






28. Pure; spotless The West Point cadets were ________ as they lined up for inspection.






29. Pompous - inflated language Filled with ________ - the orator's speech left the audience more impressed with his pomposity than with his logic.






30. Argumentative; fond of argument People avoided discussing contemporary problems with him because of his ________ manner.






31. Beggar From the moment we left the ship - we were surrounded by ________s and peddlers.






32. Restrain; handcuff The police immediately ________d the prisoner so he could not escape.






33. Showing hard work; taking great care The new high-frequency word list is the result of ________ efforts on the part of our research staff.






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






35. Murder of a king or queen The beheading of Mary Queen of Scots was an act of ________.






36. Repetition of beginning sound in poetry "The furrow followed free" is an example of ________.






37. Secret code - Lacking his code book - the spy was unable to decode the message sent to him in ________.






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






39. Nicety; cunning; guile; delicacy The ________ of his remarks was unnoticed by most of his audience.






40. Logically convincing; sound; legally acceptable You're going to have to come up with a better argument if you want to convince me that your reasoning is ________.






41. Ostentatious; ambitious I do not feel that your limited resources will permit you to carry out such a ________ program.






42. Sum; total The ________ wealth of this country is staggering to the imagination.






43. Shack; small - wretched house He wondered how poor people could stand living in such a ________.






44. Disloyal Once the most loyal of Gorbachev's supporters - Shverdnaze found himself becoming increasingly ________.






45. Items of business at a meeting We had so much difficulty agreeing upon an ________ that there was very little time for the meeting.






46. Begin; originate; receive into a group The college is about to ________ a program for reducing math anxiety among students.






47. Contemptible Your ________ remarks call for no reply.






48. Capable of being shaped by pounding Gold is a ________ metal.






49. Comparison of one thing with another - using the word like or as "My love is like a red - red rose" is a ________.






50. Bear fruit This peach tree should ________ in three years.