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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Diligent attention; (secondary meaning) apply Pleased with how well Tom had whitewashed the fence - Aunt Polly praised him for his ________.






2. Statement that looks false but is actually correct; a contradictory statement Wordworth's "The child is father to the man" is an example of ________.






3. Pertaining to the people He lamented the passing of aristocratic society and maintained that a ________ society would lower the nation's standards.






4. Storehouse Libraries are ________(ies) of the world's best thoughts.






5. Fleet of warships Queen Elizabeth's navy was able to defeat the mighty ________ that threatened the English coast.






6. Restlessly impatient; obstinately resisting control Waiting impatiently in the line to see Santa Claus - even the best-behaved children grow ________ and start to fidget.






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






8. Delicate skill The ________ and adroitness of the surgeon impressed the observers in the operating room.






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






10. Fringes; outer borders Living ________ of Boston - Sarah sometimes felt as if she were cut off from the cultural heart of the city.






11. Bold A group of ________ women were the first to scale Mt.Annapurna.






12. Disable During the winter - many people were ________d by respiratory ailments.






13. Good-fellowship - What he loved best about his job was the sense of ________ he and his co-workers shared.






14. Smirk; smile affectedly Complimented on her appearance - Stella self-consciously ________ed.






15. Feel or express pity or sympathy for Her friends ________d with the widow.






16. Missile Man has always hurled ________s at his enemy whether in the form of stones or of highly explosive shells.






17. Inclination; natural tendency The cross old lady has a ________ to grumble.






18. Stretch out full on ground He ________d himself before the idol.






19. Pare; cut off bits. As a present for Aunt Polly - Tom ________d some clothespins out of a chunk of wood.






20. Spcial usage in language I could not understand their ________s because literal translation made no sense.






21. Parti-colored; mixed The captain had gathered a ________ crew to sail the vessel.






22. Pertaining to an injury caused by violence In his nightmares - he kept on recalling the ________ experience of being wounded in battle.






23. Impulsiveness; absence of premeditation What I liked best about Dale's parties was their ________: a couple of friends would drop by - someone would pull out a fiddle or guitar - and before you knew it the party would be in full swing.






24. Precede The invention of the radiotelegraph ________d the development of television by a quarter of a century.






25. Quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument We identify the instrument producing a musical sound by its ________.






26. Lurch; sway from side to side - The taxicab ________ed wildly as it rounded the corner.






27. Act as judge She was called upon to ________ the dispute between the union and the management.






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






29. Sharp projection form fishhook - etc.; pointed comment The ________ from the fishhook caught in his finger as he grabbed the fish.






30. Entice; attract ________d by the song of the sirens - the helmsman steered the ship toward the reef.






31. Apparatus used to maintain balance - ascertain direction - etc. By using a rotating ________ - they were able to stabilize the vessel - counteracting the rolling movements of the sea.






32. Entire range In this performance - the leading lady was able to demonstrate the complete ________ of her acting ability.






33. Impressive; majestic Visiting the palace at Versailes - she was impressed by the ________ surroundings in which she found herself.






34. Overjoyed; in high spirits Grinning from ear to ear - Bonnie Blair was clearly ________ by her Olympic victory.






35. Matchless; not able to be imitated We admire Auden for his ________ use of language; he is one of a kind.






36. At the point of death The doctors called the family to the bedside of the ________ patient.






37. Waste The prodigal son ________ed the family estate.






38. Change in voting district lines in order to favor a political party The illogical pattern of the map of this congressional district is proof that the state legislature ________ed this area in order to favor the majority party.






39. Quantity of motion of a moving body; impetus The car lost ________ as it tried to ascend the steep hill.






40. Very important On this ________ occasion - we must be very solemn.






41. Paint or draw with dots Seurat carefully ________d dabs of pure color on the canvas - juxtaposing dots of blue and yellow that the viewer's eye would interpret as green.






42. Vertebrate animal whose female suckles its young Many people regard the whale as a fish and do not realize that it is a ________.






43. Highly conspicuous; harshly bright ________ spelling or grammatical errors in your resume will unfavorably impress potential employers.






44. Front of the building The ________ of the church had often been photographed by tourists because it was more interesting than the rear.






45. Sorcery; magic. Merlin amazed the knights with his _________.






46. Limited; restricted Unable to give the candidate full support - the mayor gave him only a ________ endorsement.






47. Reserved or aloof; cold in manner His ________ greeting made me feel unwelcome from the start.






48. Given to unwholesome thought; gloomy These ________ speculations are dangerous; we must lighten our spirits by emphasizing more pleasant matters.






49. Disdainful; sarcastic; cynical The ________ humor of nightclub comedians who satirize or ridicule patrons in the audience strikes some people as amusing and others as rude.






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







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