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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Irritable; easily angered Her ________ temper frightened me.






2. Confuse thoroughly His attempts to clarify the situation succeeded only on ________(ing) her further.






3. Curse; express abhorrence for The world ________s the memory of Hitler and hopes that genocide will never again be the policy of any nation.






4. Implying a cause-and-effect relationship - The psychologist maintained there was a ________ relationship between the nature of one's early childhood experiences and one's adult personality.






5. Apart; reserved Shy by nature - she remained ________ while all the rest conversed.






6. Hasten We hope you will be able to ________ delivery because of our tight schedule.






7. Give in When her stern father would not ________ and allow her to marry Robert Browning - Elizabeth Barrett eloped with her suitor.






8. Good-fellowship - What he loved best about his job was the sense of ________ he and his co-workers shared.






9. Chew the cud; ponder We cannot afford to wait while you ________ upon these plans.






10. Secret; hidden; not public We do not care for ________ chamber of government.






11. Demanding much work or care; tedious In putting together his dictionary of the English language - Doctor Johnson undertook a ________ task.






12. State confidently I wish to ________ that I am certain of success.






13. Accidental; by chance There is no connection between these two events; their timing is entirely ________.






14. Privilege; unquestionable right The President cannot levy taxes; that is the ________ of the legislative branch of government.






15. Plan of a trip Before leaving for his first visit to France and England - he discussed his ________ with people who had been there and with his travel agent.






16. Loiter; waste time Inasmuch as we must meet a deadline - do not ________ over this work.






17. Gaiety; cheerfulness The festive Christmas dinner was a merry one - and old and young alike joined in the general ________.






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






19. Darkness; gloom The ________ and fog of the waterfront that evening depressed me.






20. Repetition He recited the passage by ________ and gave no indication he understood what he was saying.






21. Not active; acted upon Mahatma Gandhi urged his followers to pursue a program of ________ resistance as he felt that it was more effective than violence and acts of terrorism.






22. Disable During the winter - many people were ________d by respiratory ailments.






23. Absurd; ridiculous When the candidate tried to downplay his youthful experiments with marijuana by saying he hadn't inhaled -we all thought - "What a ________ excuse!"






24. Artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water In times of drought - this ________ enables farmers to obtain water for irrigation.






25. Pertaining to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated As ________ governor - Sir Henry administered the Queen's law in his remote corner of Canada.






26. Pertaining to memory He used ________ tricks to master new words.






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






28. Party; clique; dissension The quarrels and bickering of the two small ________s within the club disturbed the majority of the members.






29. Horrified He was ________ at the nerve of the speaker who had insulted his host.






30. Meeting place The two fleets met at the ________ at the appointed time.






31. Mental keenness His business ________ helped him to succeed where others had failed.






32. Untidy; slipshod Such ________ work habits will never produce good products.






33. Doubter; person who suspends judgment until he has examined the evidence supporting a point of view. In this matter - I am a ________; I want proof.






34. Variegated; multicolored The ________ piper of Hamelin got his name from the multicolored clothing he wore.






35. Yellowish; sickly in color We were disturbed by his ________ complexion - which was due to jaundice.






36. Agent; messenger The secretary of State was sent as the President's special ________ to the conference on disarmament.






37. Denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius) On the ________ thermometer - the freezing point of water is zero degrees.






38. Physician specializing in delivery of babies Unlike midwives - who care for women giving birth at home - ________s generally work in a hospital setting.






39. Something that relieves pain Friendship is the finest ________ for the pangs of disappointed love.






40. Unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech Such ________ joy must be experienced; it cannot be described.






41. Indifferent; without concern or care Your ________ attitude at such a critical moment indicates that you do not understand the gravity of the situation.






42. Uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite That interest rates shall rise appears certain; when they will do so - however - remains ________.






43. Lure; attract; tempt She always tried to ________ her baby brother into mischief.






44. Corruption; wickedness The ________ of the tyrant's behavior shocked us all.






45. Pertinent; bearing upon the case at hand The lawyer objected that the testimony being offered was not ________ to the case at hand.






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






47. Law We have many ________s in our law books which should be repealed.






48. Lounge about They ________ed around in their chairs watching television.






49. Illicit lover She sought a divorce on the grounds that her husband had a ________ in another town.






50. Enormous; marvelous He marveled at her ________ appetite when he saw all the food she ate.