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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Corpse - In some states - it is illegal to dissect ________s.






2. Venomous spider We need an antitoxin to counteract the bite of the ________.






3. Distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental - Disliking the ________ sweetness of standard wedding cakes - Jody and Tom chose a homemade carrot cake for their reception.






4. Showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm His ________ nature could not be repressed.






5. Striker (tongue) of a bell - Wishing to be undisturbed by the bell - Dale wound his scarf around the ________ to muffle its striking.






6. Vague statement This report is filled with ________(ies); you must be more specific in you statements.






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






8. Court of justice The decision of the ________ was final and the prisoner was sentenced to death.






9. Deification; glorification The Roman empress Livia envied the late emperor his ________; she hoped that on her death she - too - would be exalted to the rank of a god.






10. Pertaining to soil deposits left by running water The farmers found the ________ deposits at the mouth of the river very fertile.






11. Varied; greatly diversified A career woman and mother - she was constantly busy with the ________ activities of her daily life.






12. Forerunner The crocus is an early ________ of spring.






13. Fortress - The ________ overlooked the city like a protecting angel.






14. Public records; place where public records are kept These documents should be part of the ________ so that historians may be able to evaluate them in the future.






15. Coarsely insulting; physically harmful An ________ parent damages a child both mentally and physically.






16. Open up He did not even try to ________ the subject of poetry.






17. Coloring matter Van Gogh mixed various ________s with linseed oil to create his paints.






18. Surfeit; satisfy fully The guests - having eaten until they were ________d - now listened inattentively to the speakers.






19. Fall back or sink again The economy ________d into a depression from the peak.






20. Fly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by Like a bee flitting from flower to flower - Rose ________ted from one boyfriend to the next.






21. Scowl The angry boy ________ed at his father.






22. Tunnels in which rabbits live; crowded conditions in which people live. The tenement was a veritable ________ - packed with people too poor to live elsewhere.






23. Extend; draw out; lengthen In their determination to discover ways to ________ human life - doctors fail to take into account that longer lives are not always happier ones.






24. Unalterable Let us not brood over past mistakes since they are ________.






25. Susceptible to wounds Achilles was ________ only in his heel.






26. Pen name Samuel Clemens' ________ was Mark Twain.






27. Tendency to keep together A firm believer in the maxim "Divide and conquer -" the emperor - by lies and trickery - sought to disrupt the ________ of the free nations.






28. Bringing into conformity with reason All attempts at ________ at this time are doomed to failure; tempers and emotions run too high for intelligent thought to prevail.






29. Theatrical He was proud of his ________ ability and wanted to paly the role of Hamlet.






30. Drink with relish As we ________ed our ale - we listened to the gay songs of the students in the tavern.






31. Doubts Hamlet described his ________ to Horatio but decided to fence with Laertes despite his foreboding of evil.






32. Harsh and shrill His ________ laughter irritated me and grated on my ears.






33. Controlling influence President Marcos failed to maintain his ________ over Philippines.






34. Live in a monotonous way I do not understand how you can ________ in this quiet village after the adventurous life you have led.






35. Extremely poor The costs of the father's illness left the family ________.






36. Without money Now that he was wealthy - he gladly contributed to funds to assist ________ and disbled persons.






37. Shrink; reduce They spent so much money that their funds ________d to nothing.






38. Obsolete; outdated Accustomed to editing his papers on word processors - Philip thought typewriters were too ________ for him to use.






39. Suggest a meaning not expressed Even though your statement does not declare that you are at war with that country - your actions ________ that that is the actual situation.






40. Fall sharply Stock prices ________ed as Wall Street reacted to the rise in interest rates.






41. Quick - sharp reply Even when it was advisable for her to keep her mouth shut - she was always ready with a ________.






42. Vain about dress and appearance He tried to imitate the ________ manner of the young men of the court.






43. Negative in connotation; having a belittling effect Instead of criticizing Clinton's policies - the Republicans made ________ remarks about his character.






44. Obligatory These instructions are________; any violation will be severely punished.






45. Flexible; yielding; adaptable In remodeling the bathroom - we replaced all the old - rigid lead pipes with new - ________ copper tubing.






46. Hateful I find the task of punishing you most ________.






47. Soothe We tried to ________ the hysterical child by promising her many gifts.






48. Error The criminal's fatal ________ led to his capture.






49. Female warrior Ever since the days of Greek mythology we refer to strong and aggressive women as ________s.






50. Not effective; weak Because the candidate failed to get across his message to the public - his campaign was ________.







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