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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Weighty; unwieldy His humor lacked the light touch; his jokes were always ________.






2. Gradual wearing down They decided to wage a war of ________ rather than to rely on all-out attack.






3. Related to population balance In conducting a survey - one should take into account ________ trends in the region.






4. Settle accounts; clear up He was able to ________ all his debts in short period of time.






5. Goal; aim A degree in medicine was her ultimate ________.






6. Manlike The gorilla is the strongest of the ________ animals.






7. Opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed The player was afraid to accept his opponent's ________ because he feared a trap which as yet he could not see.






8. Laying stress on niceties of conduct or form; precise We must be ________ in our planning of this affair - for any error may be regarded as a personal affront.






9. Denial I must accept his argument since you have been unable to present any ________ of his evidence.






10. Rebellious We will not discuss reforms until the ________ troops have returned to their homes.






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






12. Rotting flesh of a dead body - Buzzards are nature's scavengers; they eat the ________ left behind by other predators.






13. Servile flatterer; yes man Never tell the boss anything he doesn't wish to hear: he doesn't want an independent adviser - he just wants a ________.






14. Pertaining to ships or navigation The Maritime Museum contains many models of clipper ships - logbooks - anchors and many other items of a ________ nature.






15. Calmness; peace After the commotion and excitement of the city - I appreciate the ________ of these fields and forests.






16. Interfering He felt his marriage was suffering because of his ________ mother-in-law.






17. Undeveloped; rudimentary The evil of class and race hatred must be eliminated while it is still in an ________ state; otherwise - it may grow to dangerous proportions.






18. Appearance of truth; likelihood Critics praised her for the ________ of her performance as Lady Macbeth. She was completely believable.






19. Worthless products of an endeavor - When you separate the wheat from the chaff - be sure you throw out the ________.






20. Rub out The coin had been handled so many times that its data had been ________d.






21. Supporter The congressman received hundreds of letters from angry ________s after the Equal Rights Amendment failed to pass.






22. Predict I ________ disaster unless we change our wasteful ways.






23. Harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill In a controlled experiment - fifty volunteers were given erythromycin tablets; the control group received only ________s.






24. Frenzy; great excitement The story of her embezzlement of the funds created a ________ on the stock exchange.






25. Soak; saturate Be sure to ________ the fabric in the dye bath for the full time prescribed.






26. Collarbone - Even though he wore shoulder pads - the football player broke his ________ during a practice scrimmage.






27. Common; pertaining to the common people His speeches were aimed at the ________ minds and emotions; they disgusted the more refined.






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






29. Entreating; beseeching He could not resist the dog's ________ whimpering - and he gave it some food.






30. Harmonious; in harmony with They were ________ neighbors - never quarreling over unimportant matters.






31. Equal in extent Your reward will be ________ with your effort.






32. Calamity - The Johnstown flood was a ________.






33. Shrewd; thrifty - The ________ Scotsman was more than a match for the swindlers.






34. Resonant His ________ voice resounded through the hall.






35. Rickety; falling apart The boys propped up the ________ clubhouse with a couple of boards.






36. Boastful - pompous In their stories of the trial - the reporters ridiculed the ________ speeches of the defense attorney.






37. Merry Santa Claus is always vivacious and ________.






38. Mischievous; humorous; tricky. He was a prankster who - unfortunately - often overlooked the damage he could cause with his ________ tricks.






39. Form of government of nation or state Our ________ should be devoted to the concept that the government should strive for the good of all citizens.






40. Calm; impartial In a ________ analysis of the problem - he carefully examined the causes of the conflict and proceeded to suggest suitable remedies.






41. Abyss - They could not see the bottom of the chasm.






42. Hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism. The pack rat secretes odds and ends in its nest; the pancreas ________s insulin in the islets of Langerhans.






43. Giving off an odor The ________ spices stimulated her jaded appetite.






44. Opening; hole She discovered a small ________ in the wall - through which the insects had entered the room.






45. Omission of words from a text Sometimes an ________ can lead to a dangling modifier - as in the sentence "Once dressed - you should refrigerate the potato salad.






46. Noise - The ________ of the children at play outside made it impossible for her to take a nap.






47. Waste The prodigal son ________ed the family estate.






48. Irritable; short-tempered My advice is to avoid discussing this problem with him today as he is rather ________ and may shout at you.






49. Maze Tom and Becky were lost in the ________ of secret caves.






50. Practical This is an entirely ________ proposal. I suggest we adopt it.