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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Impermanence Conscious that all things pass - the psalmist relates the ________ of happiness and fame.






2. Determination Nothing could shake his ________ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.






3. Vibrate pendulumlike; waver It is interesting to note how public opinion ________s between the extremes of optimism and pessimism.






4. Mongrel; mixed breed Mendel's formula explains the appearance of ________s and pure species in breeding.






5. Summarize Let us ________ what has been said thus far before going ahead.






6. Someone who can make his or her voice seem to come from another person or thing This ________ does an act in which she has a conversation with a wooden dummy.






7. Damp The walls of the dungeon were ________ and slimy.






8. Uncertain how to act; weak She had no respect for him because he seemed weak-willed and ________.






9. Capable of being bribed The ________ policeman accepted the bribe offered him by the speeding motorist whom he had stopped.






10. Pious phraseology; jargon of criminals - Angry that the president had slashed the education budget - we dismissed his speech on the importance of education as mere ________.






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






12. Denial I must accept his argument since you have been unable to present any ________ of his evidence.






13. Denounce; utter censure or invective He ________ed against the demagoguery of the previous speaker and urged that the audience reject his philosophy as dangerous.






14. Presumptuous; arrogant His ________ pride in his accomplishments was not justified.






15. Reconciling; soothing She was still angry despite his ________ words.






16. Familiar with The lawyer is ________ with all the evidence.






17. Excessively frugal person; misernJill called Jack a ________ because he never picked up the check.






18. Mutually destructive The rising death toll on both sides indicates the ________ natire of his conflict.






19. Quarrelsome We heard loud and ________ noises in the next room.






20. Right or claim to possession; mark of rank; name (of a book - film - etc.) Though the penniless Duke of Ragwort no longer held title to the family estate - he still retained his ________ as head of one of England's oldest families.






21. Banish; consign to inferior position If we ________ these experts to minor posts because of their political persuasions - we shall lose their valuable services.






22. 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.






23. Practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with the practical worth or impact of something This coming trip to France should provide me with a ________ test of the value of my conversational French class.






24. Foretell; presage The king did not know what these omens might ________ and asked his soothsayers to interpret them.






25. Prolong Seeking to delay the union members' vote - the management team tried to ________ the negotiations endlessly - but the union representatives saw through their strategy.






26. Calm; impartial In a ________ analysis of the problem - he carefully examined the causes of the conflict and proceeded to suggest suitable remedies.






27. Last demand; warning Since they have ignored our ________ - our only recourse is to declare war.






28. Green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painting Judging by the ________ on this bronze statue - we can conclude that this is the work of a medieval artist.






29. Nourishing substance As a budding nutritionist - Kim has learned to design diets that contain foods rich in important basic ________s.






30. Divided into two branches; forked With a ________ branch and a piece of elastic rubber - he made a crude but effective slingshot.






31. Inform When he was ________d of the dangerous weather conditions - he decided to postpone his trip.






32. Emotionally removed; calm and objective; indifferent A psychoanalyst must maintain a ________ point of view and stay uninvolved with her patients' perssonal lives.






33. Radiating; departing from the center - Many automatic drying machines remove excess moisture from clothing by ________ force.






34. Inclined to; prostrate She was ________ to sudden fits of anger.






35. Marshal; draw up in order His actions were bound to ________ public sentiment against him.






36. Cancel; retract Repeat offenders who continue to drive under the influence of alcohol face having their driver's licensespermanently ________d.






37. Change in voting district lines in order to favor a political party The illogical pattern of the map of this congressional district is proof that the state legislature ________ed this area in order to favor the majority party.






38. Furnisher of foodstuffs; caterer As ________ of rare wines and viands - he traveled through France and Italy every year in search of new products to sell.






39. Dispute The defeated candidate attempted to ________ the election results.






40. Predicament from which there is no escape In this ________ - all turned to prayer as their last hope.






41. Foul smelling; unwholesome I never could stand the ________ atmosphere surrounding the slaughter houses.






42. Ornamental band on a wall The ________ of the church was adorned with sculpture.






43. Pay out When you ________ money on the company's behalf - be sure to get a receipt.






44. Intention; meaning If the ________ of your speech was to arouse the rabble - you succeeded admirably.






45. Drink greedily Singing - "Yo - ho - ho - and a bottle of rum -" Long John Silver and his fellow pirates ________ed their grog.






46. Laying stress on niceties of conduct or form; precise We must be ________ in our planning of this affair - for any error may be regarded as a personal affront.






47. Shut; close A blood clot ________d an artery to the heart.






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






49. Dilemma When the two colleges to which he had applied accepted him - he was in a ________ as to which one he should attend.






50. Put forth for analysis In you discussion - you have ________ed several questions; let us consider each one separately.







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