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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Direct financial aid by government - etc. Without this ________ - American ship operators would not be able to compete in world markets.






2. Enigmatic; mysterious The Mona Lisa's ________ expression has puzzled art lovers for centuries.






3. Not identical on both sides of a dividing central line Because one eyebrow was set markedly higher than the other - William's face had a particularly ________ appearance.






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






5. Imperceptible; intangible The ash is so fine that it is ________ to the touch but it can be seen as a fine layer covering the window ledge.






6. Gather; store up She hoped to ________ the world's literature in one library.






7. Clothe; adorn She liked to watch her mother ________ herself in her finest clothes before going out for the evening.






8. Youthful; immature - In that youthful movement - the leaders were only a little less ________ than their immature followers.






9. Good-naturedly ridiculing They resented his ________ remarks because they misinterpreted his teasing as sarcasm.






10. Support; act superior toward Experts in a field sometimes appear to ________ people who are less knowledgeable of the subject.






11. Shabby; wretched We finally thew out the ________ rug that the dog had destroyed.






12. Schemes I can see through your wily ________.






13. A light meal Tea sandwiches and cookies were offered at the ________.






14. Imitation Her gift for ________ was so great that her friends said that she should be in the theater.






15. Unchanging; lacking development Nothing had changed at home; things were ________ there






16. State of being nameless; anonymousness The donor of the gift asked the college not to mention him by name; the dean readily agreed to respect his ________.






17. Curative Now better known for its racetrack - Saratoga Springs first gained attention for the ________ qualities of its famous "healing waters."






18. Take off A gentleman used to ________ his hat to a lady.






19. Accidental; casual He found this ________ meeting with his friend extremely fortunate.






20. Lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy Nothing seemed to arouse him from his ________; he had wholly surrendered himself to lethargy.






21. One opposed to force; antimilitarist The ________s urged that we reduce our military budget and recall our troops stationed overseas.






22. Trivial; shallow Since your report gave only a ________ analysis of the problem - I cannot give you more than a passing grade.






23. Thoroughly examine the condition of and repair if necessary It is necessary for the engineers of NASA to ________ the rocket everyday; otherwise - an incident similar to that of Challenger accident might happen.






24. Undertaker The ________ prepared the corpse for burial.






25. Original work used as a model by others The crude typewriter on display in this museum is the ________ of the elaborate machines in use today.






26. Trip; short journey He took a quick ________ to Atlantic City.






27. Cunning; artful. She is as ________ as a fox in avoiding trouble.






28. Speaking several languages New York City is a ________ community because of the thousands of immigrants who settle there.






29. Haphazard; careless; sloppy From the number of typos and misspellings I've found on it - it's clear that Mario proofread the report in a remarkably ________ fashion.






30. Mournful The ________ howling of the dogs added to our sadness.






31. Plot outline; screenplay; opera libretto Scaramouche startled the other actors in the commedia troupe when he suddenly departed from their customary ________ and began to improvise.






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






33. Nourish; educate; foster The head Start program attempts to ________ prekindergarten children so that they will do well when they enter public school.






34. Dominance - especially of one nation over others As one Eastern European nation after another declared its independence - commentators marveled at the sudden breakdown of the once monolithic Soviet ________.






35. Native Tobacco is one of the ________ plants that the early explorers found in this country.






36. Illegal The defense attorney claimed that the police had entrapped his client; that is - they had elicited the ________ action of which they now accuse of him.






37. Characteristic of an entire class or species Sue knew so many computer programmers who spent their spare time playing fantasy games that she began to think that playing Dungeon & Dragons was a ________ trait.






38. Having an aim; biased; designed to further a cause The editorials in this periodical are ________ rather than truth-seeking.






39. Counterfeit; not authentic The police quickly found the distributors of the ________ twenty-dollar bills.






40. Deceiving This is only a mirage; let us not be fooled by its ________ effect.






41. Pitiless The escaped convict was a dangerous and ________ murderer.






42. Construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically I must give this paper a failing mark because it contains many ________s.






43. Problem; choice of two unsatisfactory alternatives In this ________ - he knew no one to whom he could turn for advice.






44. Cut away; trim With the help of her editor - she was able to ________ her manuscript into publishable form.






45. Unfriendly; hostile She felt that they were ________ and were hoping for her downfall.






46. Pertaining to existence; pertaining to the philosophy of ________ism To the existential philosopher - human reason is inadequate to explain an irrational - meaningless universe.






47. Hasten We hope you will be able to ________ delivery because of our tight schedule.






48. Stoop short - as if faced with an obstacle - and refuse to continue The chief of police ________ed at sending his officers into the riot-torn area.






49. Strong emotion Margo was a creature of extremes - at one moment in ________s of joy over a vivid sunset - at another moment in transports of grief over a dying bird.






50. Soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body He was advised to apply a flaxseed ________ to the inflammation.







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