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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Harming a person's reputation Such ________ of character may result in a slander suit.






2. Neigh like a horse. When he laughed through his nose - it sounded as if he ________(ied).






3. Pierce He was ________d by the spear hurled by his adversary.






4. Entice; attract ________d by the song of the sirens - the helmsman steered the ship toward the reef.






5. Exaggeration; overstatement This salesman is guilty of ________ in describing his product; it is wise to discount his claims.






6. Roman outer robe Marc Antony pointed to the slashes in Caesar's ________.






7. Pretending to be virtuous; deceiving I resent his ________ posing as a friend for I know he is interested only in his own advancement.






8. Enjoyment; enthusiasm He accepted the assignment with such ________ that I feel he would have been satisfied with a smaller salary.






9. Deserter; traitor Because he had abandoned his post and joined forces with the Indians - his fellow officers considered the hero of Dances with Wolves a ________.






10. Plain; obvious My answer to your proposal is an ________ and absolute "No."






11. Deserving blame Your vicious conduct in this situation is ________.






12. Repay in kind (usually for bad treatment) Fear that we will ________ immediately deters our foe from attacking us.






13. Strip; deprive He was ________ed of his power to act and could no longer govern.






14. Narrow-mindedness; isolation The ________ of the islanders manifested itself in their suspicion of anyuthing foreign.






15. Inclined to cruelty If we are to improve conditions in this prison - we must first get rid of the ________ warden.






16. Deluge; upheaval - A ________ such as the French Revolution affects all countries.






17. Twisted The ________ oak tree had been a landmark for years and was mentioned in several deeds.






18. Without deceit He is naive - simple - and ________; he cannot be guilty of fraud.






19. Soothing; mild She used a ________ ointment for her sunburn.






20. Excessively fat It is advisable that ________ people try to lose weight.






21. Given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for Quit making ________ comments about my driving; no one asked you for your opinion.






22. Prudent; cautious - Investigating before acting - she tried always to be ________.






23. Resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; reversion to an earlier type; throwback Martin seemed an ________ to his Tuscan ancestors who lavished great care on their small plots of soil.






24. Too certain to be disputed In the face of these ________ statements - I withdraw my complaint.






25. Friendly The dispute was settled in an ________ manner with no harsh words.






26. Put into effect; carry out The choreographer wanted to see how well she could ________ a pirouette.






27. Government ruled by old people Gulliver visited a ________ in which the young people acted as servants to their elders - all the while dreaming of the day they would be old enough to have servants of their own.






28. Exceed Her SAT scores ________ed out expectations.






29. Uncertain; risky I think this stock is a ________ investment and advise against its purchase.






30. Partly transparent We could not recognize the people in the next room because of the ________ curtains that separated us.






31. Vertebrate animal whose female suckles its young Many people regard the whale as a fish and do not realize that it is a ________.






32. Impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious Experienced poker players try to keep their expressions ________ - hiding their reactions to the cards behind a so-called poker face.






33. Distress; suffering After all the trials and ________s we have gone through - we need this rest.






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






35. Please intensely The audience was ________d by the freshness of the voices and the excellent orchestration.






36. Lowest point Although few people realized it - the Dow-Jones averages had reached their ________ and would soon begin an upward surge.






37. Lukewarm During the summer - I like to take a ________ bath - not a hot one.






38. Display ostentatiously She is not the one of those actresses who ________ their physical charms; she can act.






39. Acting without dialogue Because he worked in ________ - the clown could be understood wherever he appeared.






40. Deliverance from a charge His ________ by the jury surprised those who had thought him guilty.






41. Outer boundary To find the ________ of any quadrilateral - we add the lengths of the four sides.






42. Barrier laid down by artillery fire; overwhelming profusion The company was forced to retreat through the ________ of heavy canyons.






43. Pertaining to a germ; creative Such an idea is ________; I am certain that it will influence thinkers and philosophers for many generations.






44. Gradual intrusion The ________ of the factories upon the neighborhood lowered the value of the real estate.






45. Peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing Despite Clark's attempts to distract her with ________ remarks - Lois kept on coming back to her main question: why couldn't he come out to dinner with Superman and her?






46. Defensive mound on earth "From the ________s we watched" as the fighting continued.






47. Timely; well chosen You have come at an ________ moment for I need a new secretary.






48. Person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader He was accused of being a ________ because he made promises that aroused futile hopes in his listeners.






49. Premonition of evil Caeser ridiculed his wife's ________ about the Ides of March.






50. Very small In the twentieth century - physicists have made their greatest discoveries about the characteristics of ________ objects like the atom and its parts.