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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Devilish This scheme is so ________ that I must reject it.






2. Deceive Do not ________ yourself into believing that he will relent.






3. Wild At the time of the collision - many people became ________ with fear.






4. Nearsighted In thinking only of your present needs and ignoring the future - you are being rather ________.






5. Flowing into The ________ of refugees into the country has taxed the relief agencies severely.






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






7. Rustic; pastoral The meadow was the scene of ________ gaiety.






8. Irresistible crushin force Nothing could survive in the path of the ________.






9. Boisterous mirth The ________ is improper on this solemn day of mourning.






10. Improve Many social workers have attempted to ________ the conditions of people living in the slums.






11. Slander She is a liar and is always trying to ________ my reputation.






12. Meeting place The two fleets met at the ________ at the appointed time.






13. Accident With a little care you could have avoided this ________.






14. Person wearing tattered clothes He felt sorry for the ________ who was begging for food and gave him money to buy a meal.






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






16. Talk at length At this time - please give us a brief resume of your work; we shall permit you to ________ later.






17. Deed or action - particularly a brave deed Raoul Wallenberg was noted for his ________s in rescuing Jews from Hitler's forces.






18. Lavish; rich I cannot recall when I have had such a ________ Thanksgiving feast.






19. Menial work Cinderella's fairy godmother rescued her from a life of ________.






20. Burning; sarcastically biting - The critic's ________ remarks angered the hapless actors who were the subjects of his sarcasm.






21. Revere In China - the people ________ their ancestors.






22. Cut to pieces with ax or sword The cavalry rushed into melee and ________ed the enemy with their swords.






23. Gather; assemble Washington mustered his forces at Trenton.






24. Charlatan; boastful pretender The patent medicine man was a ________.






25. Accuse; serve as evidence against The witness's testimony against the racketeers ________s some high public officials as well.






26. Artificial; sham Hollywood actresses often create ________ tears by using glycerine.






27. Arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity The addition of a second tower will give this edifice the ________ that it now lacks.






28. Cure-all; remedy for all diseases There is no easy ________ that will solve our complicated international situation.






29. Excessive zeal The leader of the group was held responsible even though he could not control the ________ of his followers.






30. Over explain away No matter how hard he tried to talk around the issue - President Bush could not ________ over the fact that he had raised the taxes after all.






31. Bend the knee as in worship A proud denocrat - he refused to ________ to any man.






32. Foretell The vultures flying overhead ________d the discovery of the corpse in the desert.






33. Wild tumult When the ships collided in the harbor - ________ broke out among the passengers.






34. Unconquerable The founders of our country had ________ willpower.






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






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






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






38. Curse; express abhorrence for The world ________s the memory of Hitler and hopes that genocide will never again be the policy of any nation.






39. Eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything Some animals - including humans - are ________ and eat both meat and vegetables; others are either carnivorous or herbivorous.






40. Oily; bland; insincerely suave Uriah Heep disguised his nefarious actions by ________ protestations of his "'umility."






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






42. Cutting; keen I am afraid of his ________ wit for it is so often sarcastic.






43. Thin; rare; slim The allegiance of our allies is held by rather ________ ties; let us hope they will remain loyal.






44. Accidental transposition of sounds in sucessive words When the radio announcer introduced the President as Hoobert Herver - he was guilty of ________.






45. Complete; necessary for completeness Physical education is an ________ part of our curriculum; a sound mind and a sound body are complementary.






46. Turn into a god; idolize Admire the rock star all you want; just don't ________ him.






47. Brawl; melee The military police stopped the ________ in the bar and arrested the belligerents.






48. Outsmart; trick By disguising himself as an old woman - Holmes was able to ________ his pursuers and escape capture.






49. Indirect or roundabout expression - He was afraid to call spade a spade and resorted to ________s to avoid direct reference to his subject.






50. Prank; flighty conduct The headmaster could not regard this latest ________ as a boyish joke and expelled the young man.







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