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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Tending to include all The comedian turned down the invitation to join the Player's Club - saying any club that would let him in was too ________ for him.






2. Hint; imply What are you trying to ________ by that remark?






3. Recover The doctors were worried because the patient did not ________ as rapidly as they had expected.






4. Unique; extraordinary; odd Though the young man tried to understand Father William's ________ behavior - he still found it odd that the old man incessantly stood on his head.






5. Bankrupt; lacking money to pay When rumors that he was ________ reached his creditors - they began to press him for payment of the money due them.






6. Double-dealing; hypocrisy People were shocked and dismayed when they learned of his ________ in this affair - as he had always seemed honest and straightforward.






7. Subdue; crush; squash The authorities acted quickly to ________ the student rebellion - sending in tanks to cow the demonstrators.






8. Capable of maintaining life; practicable; workable The infant - though prematurely born - is ________ and has a good chance to survive.






9. Calmness; placidity The ________ of the sleepy town was shattered by a tremendous explosion.






10. Call forth He ________d much criticism by his hostile manner.






11. Mark from beating or whipping. The evidence of child abuse was very clear; Jennifer's small body was covered with ________s and bruises.






12. Coloring matter Van Gogh mixed various ________s with linseed oil to create his paints.






13. Faithless lover; flirt Swearing he had never so much as looked at another woman - Jack assured Jill he was no ________.






14. Unprejudiced The only ________ person in the room was the judge.






15. Most reliable or complee Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln may be regarded as the ________ work on the life of the Emancipator.






16. Frenzied; frantic His ________ activities convinced us that he had no organized plan of operation.






17. Unrestrained; willfully malicious; unchaste. Pointing to the stack of bills - Sheldon criticized Sarah for her wanton expenditures. In response - Sara accused Sheldon of making an unfounded - wanton attack.






18. Extremely loud The town crier had ________ voice.






19. Warlike His ________ disposition alienated his friends.






20. Hard to understand; known only to the chosen few New Yorker short stories often include ________ allusions to obscure people and events: the implication is if you are in the in-crowd - you'll get the reference; if you come from Cleveland - you won't.






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






22. Delusion I think you were frightened by a ________ that you created in you own mind.






23. Inclined to cruelty If we are to improve conditions in this prison - we must first get rid of the ________ warden.






24. Clamorous; noisy The crowd grew vociferous in its anger and threatened to take the law into its own hands.






25. Amount produced; crop; income on investment. An experienced farmer can estimate the annual _________ of his acres with surprising accuracy.






26. Spotted When he blushed - his face took on a ________ hue.






27. Fantastic; comically hideous On Halloween people enjoy wearing ________ costumes.






28. Aqueduct; passageway for fluids Water was brought to the army in the desert by an improvised ________ from the adjoining mountain.






29. Serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary In an ________ capacity Doctor Watson was helpful; however - Holmes could not trust the good doctor to solve a perplexing case on his own.






30. Firmness; persistency; adhesiveness It is extremely difficult to overcome the ________ of a habit such as smoking.






31. State strongly or positively; insist on or demand recognition of (rights - claims - etc). When Jill ________ed that nobody else in the junior class had such an early curfew - her parents Asserted themselves - telling her that if she didn't get home b






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






33. Quality of being unsophisticated I cannot believe that such ________ is unassumed in a person of her age and experience.






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






35. Someone who bears the blame for others After the Challenger disaster - NASA searched for ________s on whom they could cast the blame.






36. Stir up a fire; feed plentifully As a Scout - Marisa learned how to light a fire - how to ________ it if it started to die down - and how to extinguish it completely.






37. Agreement; contract The signers of the Mayflower ________ were establishing a form of government.






38. Sweltering He could not adjust himself to the ________ climate of the tropics.






39. Neat and trim Every button buttoned - tie firmly in place - young Alex Keaton looked ________ and tidy for his job interview at the bank.






40. Hidden sarcasm or satire; use of words that convey a meaning opposite to the literal meaning Gradually his listeners began to realize that the excessive praise he was lavishing was merely ________; he was actually denouncing his opponent.






41. Seriousness We could tell we were in serious trouble from the ________ of her expression.






42. Region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept Among the divisions of Hell are Purgatory and ________.






43. Ability to move spontaneously Certain organisms exhibit remarkable ________; motile spores - for example - may travel for miles before coming to rest.






44. Doctor who treats ailments of the feet He consulted a ________ about his fallen arches.






45. Secret - After avoiding their chaperon - the lovers had a ________ meeting.






46. Draw out by discussion The detectives tried to ________ where he had hidden his loot.






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






48. Irritable; easily angered Her ________ temper frightened me.






49. 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 ________.






50. Unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech Such ________ joy must be experienced; it cannot be described.