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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Rushing stream; flood Day after day of heavy rain saturated the hillside until the water ran downhill in ________s.






2. Substance that propels or drives forward The development of our missile program has forced our scientists to seek more powerful ________s.






3. Loathing She looked at the snake with ________.






4. Continued loud noise The ________ of the jackhammers outside the classroom window drowned out the lecturer's voice.






5. Conscientious; extremely thorough I can recommend him for a position of responsibility for I have found him a very ________ young man.






6. Fitful; periodic The ________ coughing in the auditorium annoyed the performers.






7. Group of three works Romain Rolland's novel Jean Christophe was first published as a ________.






8. Selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources His style of interior decoration was ________: bits and pieces of furnishings from widely divergent periods - strikingly juxtaposed to create a unique color.






9. 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.






10. Unit of weight for precious stones; measure of fineness of gold - He gave her a diamond that weighed three ________s and was mounted in an eighteen-carat gold band.






11. Behaving like a slave; servile; obsequious He was proud and dignified; he refused to be ________ to anyone.






12. Case for arrows Robin Hood reached back and plucked one last arrow from his ________.






13. Written command issued by a court.The hero of Leonard's novel is a process server who invents unorthodox ways of serving _________s on reluctant parties.






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






15. Tranquil; steady; uniform After the hot summers and cold winters of New England - he found the climate of the West Indies ________ and pleasant.






16. Trick; stratagem You will not be able to fool your friends with such an obvious ________.






17. Oval; ambiguous - either purposely or because key words have been left out An ________ billiad ball wobbles because it is not perfectly round; an elliptical remark baffles because it is not perfectly clear.






18. Recede; lessen His fortunes began to ________ during the recession.






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






20. Humoring; yielding; lenient ________ parents spoil their children by giving in to their every whim.






21. Abusive; scolding He became more ________ as he realized that we were not going to grant him his wish.






22. Reckon; calculate He failed to ________ the interest - so his bank balance was not accurate.






23. Biased; having a liking for something I am extremely ________ to chocolate eclairs.






24. Roll in; indulge in; become helpless. The hippopotamus loves to ________in the mud.






25. Druggist In Holland - ________(ies) still sell spices as well as ointments and pills.






26. Agree Did you ________ with the decision of the court or did you find it unfair?






27. Imitate or mimic He was suspended for a week because he had ________d the principal in front of the whole school.






28. Speediness; prompt execution; message sent with all due speed Young Napoleon defeated the enemy with all possible dispatch; he then sent a ________ to headquarters - informing his commander of the great victory.






29. Harmony Watching Tweediedum and Tweedledee battle - Alice wondered why the two brothers could not manage to life in ________.






30. Break up ground after plowing; torture I don't want to ________ you at this time by asking you to recall the details of your unpleasant experience.






31. Large city Every evening this terminal is filled with the thousands of commuters who are going from this ________ to their homes in the suburbs.






32. Everlasting Ponce de Leon hoped to find ________ youth.






33. Reflection; thought She reached her decision only after much ________.






34. Devilish This scheme is so ________ that I must reject it.






35. Fits of depression or gloom We could not discover the cause of her recurrent ________.






36. Engrossed in matters of this earth; not spiritual. You must leave your _________ goods behind you when you go to meet your Maker.






37. Being in debt He was in ________ with his payments on the car.






38. Contend; compete Politicians ________ with one another - competing for donations and votes.






39. Set of bells capable of being played - The carillon in the bell tower of the Coca-Cola pavilion at the New York World's Fair provided musical entertainment every hour.






40. Be suited to; be incumbent upon In this time of crisis - it ________s all of us to remain calm and await the instructions of our superiors.






41. Pay for services There is a nominal ________ for this position.






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






43. Report; record (in chronological order) - The gossip columnist was paid to ________ the latest escapades of the socially prominent celebrities.






44. A covered passageway - usually lined with shops The ________ was popular with shoppers because it gave them protection from the summer sun and the winter rain.






45. Dirty; neglected; poor It is easy to see how crime can breed in such a ________ neighborhood.






46. Extremely demanding The colonies rebelled against the ________ financial claims of the mother country.






47. Deadly It is unwise to leave ________ weapons where children may find them.






48. Width; extent We were impressed by the ________ of her knowledge.






49. Narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land In a magnificent feat of engineering - Goethals and his men cut through the ________ of Panama in constructing the Panama Canal.






50. Provide ofr the payment of Her employer offered to ________ the costs of her postgraduate education.