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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Link as in a chain It is difficult to understand how these events could ________ as they did without outside assistance.
recant
concatenate
pachyderm
forestall
2. Provisional; experimental Your ________ plans sound plausible; let me know when the final details are worked out.
tentative
barterer
elusive
insurgent
3. Eat away The limestone was ________d by the dripping water
equable
malefactor
flora
erode
4. Suave; refined; elegant The courtier was ________ and sophisticated
blighted
urbane
grueling
surpass
5. Clever reply He was famous for his witty ________ and his sarcasm.
derogatory
transcribe
repartee
ordain
6. Particular variety of art or literature Both a short story writer and a poet - Langston Hughes proved himself equally skilled in either ________.
canker
genre
proclivity
dauntless
7. Profitable He turned his hobby into a ________ profession.
philistine
lucrative
facade
seminal
8. Highly skilled artist The child prodigy Yehudi Menuhin grew into a ________ whose virtuosity on the violin thrilled millions.
embryonic
implement
interim
virtuoso
9. Incapable of injury Achilles was ________ except in his heel.
canto
holocaust
bovine
invulnerable
10. Recently begun; rudimentary; elementary Before the Creation - the world was an ________ mass.
inchoate
precarious
posterity
dynamic
11. Repay in kind If they attack us - we shall be compelled to ________ and bomb their territory.
repine
reciprocate
benefactor
tendentious
12. Dry; barren The cactus had adapted to survive in an ________ environment.
buttress
willful
arid
astute
13. Limited quantity Although his story is based on a ________ of truth - most of the events he describes are fictitious.
modicum
inanimate
gentility
idolatry
14. 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.
existential
ignoble
omnivorous
ossify
15. Back country They seldom had visitors - living as they did way out in the ________.
hinterlands
ambulatory
dispatch
glutinous
16. Gap; pause Except for a brief two-year ________ - during which she enrolled in the Peace Corps - Ms. Clements has devoted herself to her medical career.
extricate
doctrinaire
hiatus
officious
17. Learned; scholarly His ________ writing was difficult to read because of the many allusions which were unfamiliar to most readers.
politic
acidulous
erudite
sleight
18. Mercy killing Many people support ________ for terminally ill patients who wish to die.
dispirited
sunder
euthanasia
inarticulate
19. Fairness; justice Our courts guarantee ________ to all.
circlet
browbeat
prosperity
equity
20. Arrogance; excessive self-conceit Filled with ________ - Lear refused to heed his friends' warnings.
gravity
coda
hubris
rejoinder
21. Journey Auntie Mame was a world traveler whose ________s took her from Tiajuana to Timbuctoo.
tilter
meticulous
peregrination
livid
22. Short-lived; fleeting The mayfly is an ________ creature.
seclusion
ephemeral
codicil
inquisitive
23. Compensating; rewarding I find my new work so ________ that I may not return to my previous employment.
remunerative
bugaboo
troth
astringent
24. Proverb; a truth pithily stated Aesop's fables illustrate moral ________s.
dismantle
maxim
prestige
gist
25. Stale; spoiled by age The attic was dark and ________.
igneous
nondescript
coda
musty
26. Wander aimlessly (physically or mentally) Listening to the teacher ________ - Judy wondered whether he'd ever get to his point.
pediatrician
beleaguer
fanfare
ramble
27. Unavoidable Death and taxes are both ________.
enthrall
deplicity
inevitable
dilemma
28. Forerunners; advance forces We are the ________ of a tremendous army that is following us.
legerdemain
larceny
dispel
vanguard
29. Portray He is weakest when he attempts to ________ character.
cartographer
insinuate
mortify
delineate
30. Animal-biting fly; an irritating person Like a ________ - he irritated all the guests at the hotel; within forty eight hours - everyone regarded him as an annoying busybody.
sodden
astigmatism
gadfly
debunk
31. Aqueduct; passageway for fluids Water was brought to the army in the desert by an improvised ________ from the adjoining mountain.
cleave
effigy
conduit
genre
32. Accidental; casual He found this ________ meeting with his friend extremely fortunate.
dross
adventitious
duress
depose
33. Clearness of expression; freedom from ambiguity One of the outstanding features of this book is the ________ of its author; her meaning is always clear.
scapegoat
rebus
dehydrate
perspicuity
34. Schemes I can see through your wily ________.
machinations
grotto
annul
inalienable
35. Stop motion; curb or restrain - Thrusting out her arm - Grandma checked Bobby's lunge at his sister. "Young man -" she said - "you'd better ________ your temper."
check
imperturbable
premise
mandatory
36. Items of business at a meeting We had so much difficulty agreeing upon an ________ that there was very little time for the meeting.
tesselated
enmity
agenda
forberance
37. Blessed; consecrated She was laid to rest in ________ ground.
toil
hallowed
trappings
intuition
38. Comical parody; treatment aimed at making something appear ridiculous The ridiculous decision the jury has arrived at is a ________ of justice.
portent
vital
somber
travesty
39. Corrupt; make intemperate A vicious newspaper can ________ public ideals.
obnoxious
oblique
debacle
debauch
40. Slaughterhouse; scene of carnage By the time the police arrived - the room was a shambles.
catholic
shambles
destitute
asperity
41. Denial of traditional values; total skepticism ________ holds that existence has no meaning.
nihilism
whelp
overhaul
liquidate
42. Exhibiting rainbowlike colors She admired the ________ hues of the oil that floated on the surface of the water.
vestige
acrid
redress
iridescent
43. Float in the air (especially by magical means) As the magician passed his hands over the recumbent body of his assistant - she appeared to rise and ________ about three feet above the table.
soporific
levitate
queasy
usury
44. Opposite The inevitable ________ of peace is not war but annihilation.
nuptial
hone
converse
fictitious
45. Command; arrange; consecrate The king ________ed that no foreigner should be allowed to enter the city.
sophistry
ordination
ordain
beholden
46. No longer stylish; old-fahioned Unconcerned about keeping in style - Lenore was perfectly happy to wear ________ clothes as long as they were clean and unfrayed.
precedent
outmoded
ravine
propinquity
47. Affectedly dainty Yum-Yum walked across the stage with ________ steps.
imbalance
mincing
disconcolate
compelling
48. Blunt; abrupt She was offended by his ________ reply.
brusque
rustic
archipelago
frenetic
49. Unfounded rumor - It is almost impossible to protect oneself from such a base ________.
canard
eugenic
generality
panacea
50. Region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept Among the divisions of Hell are Purgatory and ________.
asunder
invulnerable
hibernate
limbo
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