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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Strong - brawny; steadfast His consistent support of the party has proved that he is a ________ and loyal member.






2. Outward demonstration; indication Mozart's early attraction to the harsichord was the first ________ of his pronounced musical bent.






3. Person who supports or proposes (an idea) After the bill had been amended and re-amended in committee - even its original ________s didn't want to vote in its favor.






4. Customs The ________ of Mexico are those of Spain with some modifications.






5. Courage; spirit When challenged by the other horses in the race - the thoroughbred proved its ________ by its determination to hold the lead.






6. Lawsuit Try to settle this amicably; I do not want to start ________.






7. Impressionable; easily influenced; having little resistance - as to a disease He was a very ________ young man - and so his parents worried that he might fall into bad company.






8. Similarity; parallelism Your ________ is not a good one because the two situations are not similar.






9. Translation; artistic interpretation of a song - etc. The audience cheered enthusiastically as she completed her ________ of the aria.






10. Pertaining to the aurora borealis The ________ display was particularly spectacular that evening.






11. Act of finding the total - summary In his s________ - the lawyer emphasized the testimony given by the two witnesses.






12. Soak Their clothes were ________d by the rain.






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






14. Fit for plowing The land was no longer ________; erosion had removed the valuable topsoil.






15. Disregard Be prepared to ________ what he has to say about his ex-wife.






16. Induce someone to convert to religion or belief In these interfaith meetings - there must be no attempt to ________; we must respect all points of view.






17. Long and thin ________ - gaunt - Abraham Lincoln was a striking figure.






18. Worship of idols; excessive admiration Such ________ of singers of country music is typical of the excessive enthusiasm of youth.






19. Landless agricultural worker; bond servant The land reformers sought to liberate the ________s and establish them as independent farmers.






20. Opponent; enemy Batman struggled to save Gotham City from the machinations of his wicked ________ - the Joker.






21. Beautiful writing; excellent penmanship - As we examine ancient manuscripts - we became impressed with the ________ of the scribes.






22. Unbecoming; indecent Your levity is ________ at this time of mourning.






23. Ravenous The wolf is a ________ animal - its hunger never satisfied.






24. Poorverse Although we find occasional snatches of genuine poetry in her work - most of her writing is mere ________.






25. Abundance; completeness Looking in the pantry - we admired the ________ of fruits and pickles we had preserved during the summer.






26. Inharmonious The married couple argued incessantly and finally decided to separate because they were ________.






27. Wanton; lewd; dissolute The ________ monarch helped bring about his country's downfall.






28. Stubborn We tried to persuade him to give up smoking - but he was ________ and refused to change.






29. Lowered in rank; debased The ________ wretch spoke only of his past glories and honors.






30. Roundabout - Because of the traffic congestion on the main highways - she took a ________ route.






31. 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.






32. Sing; babble. Every morning the birds ________d outside her window.






33. Uprightness; incorruptibility Everyone took his ________ for granted; his defalcations - therefore - shocked us all.






34. Violent; hasty; rash We tried to curb his ________ behavior because we felt that in his haste he might offend some people.






35. Capable of grasping or holding Monkeys use not only their arms and legs but also their ________e tails in traveling through the trees.






36. Plunder; despoil The marauding army ________d the countryside.






37. 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.






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






39. Impose (a fine); collect (a payment) Crying "No taxation withouth representation -" the colonists demonstrated against England's power to ________ taxes.






40. Whirlpool The canoe was tossed about in the ________.






41. Mental disorder We must endeavor to find an outlet for the patient's repressed desires if we hope to combat this ________.






42. Ordinary; unimaginative Unintentionally boring - he wrote page after page of ________ prose.






43. Unerring We must remember that none of us is ________; we all make mistakes.






44. Boasted; bragged; highly publicized This much ________ project proved a disappointment when it collapsed.






45. Marked by formality - Ordinary dress would be in appropriate at so ________ an affair.






46. Impartial; fair Do men and women receive ________ treatment from their teachers - or - as recent studies suggest - do teachers pay more attention to male students than to females?






47. Neatly or smartly dresssed Priding himself on being a ________ dresser - the gangster Bugsy Siegel collected a wardrobe of imported suits and ties.






48. Foul; rotten; decayed The gangrenous condition of the wound was indicated by the ________ smell when the bandages were removed.






49. Man owing small estate; middle-class farmer.It was not the aristocrat but the ________ who determined the nation's policies.






50. In essence; for practical purposes She is a ________ financial wizard when it comes to money matters.