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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Wanderer; tramp In summer - college students wander the roads of Europe like carefree ________s.






2. Criticize harshly Hoping for a rave review of his new show - the playwright was miserable when the critics ________ned it unanimously.






3. A doctor who treats mental diseases A ________ often needs long conferences with his patient before a diagnosis can be made.






4. Futile; worthless This agreement is ________ for no court will enforce it.






5. Book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer - He taught by engaging his pupils in a ________ until they gave him the correct answer.






6. Poise; composure Wellington's nonchalance and ________ in the heat of battle always heartened his followers.






7. Persuade; bring about After the quarrel - Tina said nothing could ________ her to talk to Tony again.






8. Relentless; unyielding; implacable After listening to the pleas for clemency - the judge was ________ and gave the convicted man the maximum punishment allowed by law.






9. Move heavily of clumsily Still somewhat torpid after its long hibernation - the bear ________ed through the woods.






10. Steal The boys ________d apples from the fruit stand.






11. Please intensely The audience was ________d by the freshness of the voices and the excellent orchestration.






12. Act of turning aside; pastime After studying for several hours - he needed a ________ from work.






13. Taking up again; recommencement During the summer break - Don had not realized how much he missed university life: at the ________ of classes - however - he felt marked excitement and pleasure.






14. Person celebrated for wisdom Hearing tales of a mysterious Master of All Knowledge who lived in the hills of Tibet - Sandy was possessed with a burning desire to consult the legendary ________.






15. Flexible; easily influenced Catherine's disposition was ________; she was like putty in her suitor's hands.






16. Recollection Her ________s of her experiences are so fascinating that she ought to write a book.






17. Obsolete; outdated Accustomed to editing his papers on word processors - Philip thought typewriters were too ________ for him to use.






18. Relating to an outline or diagram; using a system of symbols In working out the solution to an analytical logic question - you may find it helpful to construct a simple ________ diagram illustrating the relationships between the items of information






19. Talkative She is very ________ and can speak on the telephone for hours.






20. Fallen fruit; unexpected lucky event. This huge tax refund is quite a ________.






21. Indifference; lack of interest Few people could understand how he could listen to the news of the tragedy with such ________; the mahority regarded him as callous and unsympathetic.






22. Countercharges Loud and angry ________s were her answer to his accusations.






23. Platform for speech-making; pulpit The crowd murmured angrily and indicated that they did not care to listen to the speaker who was approaching the ________.






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






25. Food I am very happy to be able to provide you with these ________; I know you are hungry.






26. Long - passionate - and vehement speech In her lengthy ________ - the principal berated the offenders.






27. Something preceding in time that may be used as an authority or guide for future action This decision sets a ________ for future cases of a similar nature.






28. Without money Now that he was wealthy - he gladly contributed to funds to assist ________ and disbled persons.






29. Yielding He was ________ and ready to go along with his friends' desires.






30. Fear; trembling agitation We must face the enemy without ________ if we are to win this battle.






31. Stinging - caustic His tendency to utter ________ remarks alienated his audience.






32. Expel; drive out The world wondered if Aquino would be able to ________ Marcos from office.






33. Brilliant; lustrous The toreador wore a ________ costume called a suit of lights.






34. Motivate I fail to understand what ________d you to reply to this letter so nastily.






35. Relating to a unifying motif or idea Those who think of Moby Dick as a simple adventure story about whaling miss is underlying ________ import.






36. Mass for the dead; dirge They played Mozart's ________ at the funeral.






37. To be annonyed or vexed To ________ over your poor grades is foolish; instead - decide to work harder in the future.






38. Negligent He was accused of being ________ in his duty when the prisoner escaped.






39. Fortress - The ________ overlooked the city like a protecting angel.






40. Fear of being locked in - His fellow classmates laughed at his ________ and often threatened to lock him in his room.






41. Overwhelmingly favorable review Though critic John Simon seldom has a good word to say about contemporary plays - his review of All in the Timing was a total ________.






42. Carelessness ________ can prove costly near complicated machinery.






43. Surrender of prisoner by one state to another The lawyers opposed the ________ of their client on the grounds that for more than five years he had been a model citizen.






44. Desert; abandon; renounce No one expected Foster to ________ his wife and children and run off with another woman.






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






46. Reconciling; soothing She was still angry despite his ________ words.






47. Article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly He is preparing a ________ on the Elizabethan playwrights for his graduate degree.






48. Speak equivocally about an issue. When asked directly about the governor's involvement in the savings and loan scandal - the press secretary ________d - talking all around the issue.






49. Warm and damp August in New York City is often ________.






50. Impermanence Conscious that all things pass - the psalmist relates the ________ of happiness and fame.