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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Baffle; frustrate He felt that everyone was tying to ________ his plans and prevent his success.






2. Advocate of voting rights (for women) In recognition of her efforts to win the vote for women - Congress authorized coining a silver dollar honoring the ________ Susan B. Anthony.






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






4. 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.






5. Unmoved; lacking concern Because she felt no desire to marry - she was ________ to his constant proposals.






6. Murmur or grumble The child ________ed at the doll.






7. Dose (of liquid) Tristan and Lsolde drink a love ________ in the first act of the opera.






8. Explain; interpret; clarify Harry Levin ________d James Joyce's novels with such clarity that even Finnegan's Wake seemed comprehensible to his students.






9. Stir up; instigate This report will ________ disssension in the club.






10. Teacher of philosophy; quibbler; employer of fallacious reasoning You are using all the devices of a ________ in trying to prove your case; your argument is specious.






11. Deception; trickery The Trojan War proved to the Greeks that cunning and ________ were often more effective than military might.






12. Guilt; self-reproach The murderer felt no ________ for his crime.






13. Wanderer; tramp In summer - college students wander the roads of Europe like carefree ________s.






14. Isolation of a person - place - or ship to prevent spread of infection We will have to place this house under ________ until we determine the nature of the disease.






15. Not able to be corrected or repaired Your apology cannot atone for the ________ damage you have done to her reputation.






16. Capable of being shaped by pounding Gold is a ________ metal.






17. Turmoil; bewildering jumble. The existing ________ of overlapping federal and state proclaims cries out for immediate reform.






18. Government under a single hereditary ruler with varying degrees of power England today remains a ________.






19. Genuine; real She turned so pale that I am sure her surprise was ________.






20. Private; peculiar to an individual Such behavior is ________ - it is as easily identifiable as a signature.






21. Give in When her stern father would not ________ and allow her to marry Robert Browning - Elizabeth Barrett eloped with her suitor.






22. Cast off Each spring - the snake ________s off its skin.






23. Patience We must use ________ in dealing with him because he is still weak from his illness.






24. Upset; distracted by anxiety The ________ parents frantically searched the ravine for their lost child.






25. Logical formula consisting of a major premise - a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument There must be a fallacy in this ________; I cannot accept its conclusion.






26. Comic misuse of a word When Mrs. Malaprop criticizes Lydia for being "as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile -" she confuses "allegory" and "allegator" in a typical ________.






27. 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.






28. Slingshot; hurling machine - Airplanes are sometimes launched from battleships by ________s.






29. Agent; messenger The secretary of State was sent as the President's special ________ to the conference on disarmament.






30. Not earthly; weird There is an ________ atmosphere in her work that amazes the casual observer.






31. Temporary invasion The nightly ________s and hit-and-run raids of our neighbors across the border tried the patience of the country to the point where we decided to retaliate in force.






32. Outmoded "Hip" is an ________ expression; it went out with love beads and tie-dye shirts.






33. One who has more than one spouse at a time He was arrested as a ________ when his two wives filed complaints about him.






34. Blood feud The rival mobs engaged in a bitter ________.






35. Reading I am certain that you have missed important details in your rapid ________ of this document.






36. Government by a few The feudal ________ was supplanted by an autocracy.






37. Lying on back The defeated pugilist lay ________ on the canvas.






38. Mixed indiscriminately; haphazard; irregular - particularly sexually In the opera La Boheme - we get a picture of the ________ life led by the young artists of Paris.






39. Rider on horseback These paths in the park are reserved for ________s and their steeds.






40. Spread throughout Despite airing them for several hours - she could not rid her clothes of the ________ odor of mothbals that clung to them.






41. Uprightness; wholeness Lincoln - whose personal ________ has inspired millions - fought a civil war to maintain the integrity of the republic - that these United States might remain undivided for all time.






42. Impertinent; forward I think your ________ and impudent remarks call for an apology.






43. Earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends The navy is our principal bulwark against invasion.






44. Mangle; tear Her body was ________d in the automobile crash.






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






46. Line They stood patiently in the ________ outside the movie theatre.






47. Encouraging; exhortive The crowd listened to his ________ statements with ever-growing excitement; finally they rushed from the hall to carry to his suggestions.






48. Trembling; slight quiver She had a nervous ________ in her right hand.






49. Antiquated "Methinks -" "thee -" and "thou" are ________ words that are no longer part of our normal vocabulary.






50. Thrift; economy In these economically difficult days businesses must practice ________ or risk bankruptcy.