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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Quench; sate When we reached the oasis - we were able to ________ our thirst.






2. Yielding He was ________ and ready to go along with his friends' desires.






3. Cure-all; remedy for all diseases There is no easy ________ that will solve our complicated international situation.






4. Hatred of marriage He remained a bachelor not because of ________ but because of ill fate: his fiancee died before the wedding.






5. Stubborn He was ________ in his refusal to listen to our complaints.






6. Lustful They objected to his ________ behavior.






7. Scatter The police fired tear gas into crowd to ________ the protesters.






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






9. Excessively frugal person; misernJill called Jack a ________ because he never picked up the check.






10. Ridicule They greeted his proposal with ________ and refused to consider it seriously.






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






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






13. Follow The evils that ________d were the direct result of the miscalculations of the leaders.






14. Truth; reality The four ________(ies) were revealed to Buddha during his long meditation.






15. Lack of caring; indifference A firm believer in democratic government - she could not understand the ________ of people who never bothered to vote.






16. Moving at an easy pace When she first mounted the horse - she was afraid to urge the animal to go faster than a gentle amble.






17. Forewarning We ignored these ________s of disaster because they appeared to be based on childish fears.






18. Extreme poverty When his pension fund failed - George feared he would end his days in ________.






19. Correct; change - generally for the better Hoping to ________ his condition - he left Vietnam for the United States.






20. Flowing; series of changes While conditions are in such a state of ________ - I do not wish to commit myself too deeply in this affair.






21. Rejoice We ________ed when our team won the victory.






22. Appearance of truth; likelihood Critics praised her for the ________ of her performance as Lady Macbeth. She was completely believable.






23. Physical features of a region Before the generals gave the order to attack - they ordered a complete study of the ________ of the region.






24. Slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic Helen valued people who behaved as if they respected themselves; nothing irritated her more than an excessively ________ waiter or a fawning salesclerk.






25. Permitting to light to pass through freely; easily detected Your scheme is so ________ that it will fool no one.






26. Divide into branches or subdivisions When the plant begins to ________ - it is advisable to nip off most of the new branches.






27. Existence; means of support; livelihood In those days of inflated prices - my salary provided mere ________.






28. Salary; compensation In addition to the ________ this position offers - you must consider the social prestige it carries with it.






29. Put down; quiet The police used fire hoses and teat gas to ________ the rioters.






30. 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.






31. Twistings; distortions As the effects of the opiate wore away - the ________ of the patient became more violent and demonstrated how much pain she was enduring.






32. Disposition ot be lenient; mildness - as of the weather - The lawyer was pleased when the case was sent to Judge Smith's chambers because Smith was noted for her ________ toward first offenders.






33. Pertaining to the improvement of race It is easier to apply ________ principles to the raising of racehorses or prize cattle than t the development of human beings.






34. Laziness Such ________ in a young person is deplorable; go to work!






35. Direct financial aid by government - etc. Without this ________ - American ship operators would not be able to compete in world markets.






36. Dig into They ________(ied) blocks of marble out of the hillside.






37. Border; edge Madame Curie knew she was on the ________ of discovering the secrets of radioactive elements.






38. Writings preceding and following the passage quoted Because these lines are taken out of ________ - they do not convey the message the author intended.






39. Unavoidable Death and taxes are both ________.






40. Having a sawtoothed edge The beech tree is one of many plants that have ________ leaves.






41. Equal Your ignoring their pathetic condition is ________ to the murder.






42. Verify; support I intend to ________ my statement by producing witnesses.






43. Accidental transposition of sounds in sucessive words When the radio announcer introduced the President as Hoobert Herver - he was guilty of ________.






44. Pertaining to tailors He was as famous for the ________ splendor of his attire as he was for his acting.






45. Wealthy leader John D. Rockefeller was a prominent ________.






46. Central; critical De Klerk's decision to set Nelson Mandela free was ________; without Mandela's release - there was no possibility that the African National Cogress would entertain talks with the South African government.






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






48. Trivial; unimportant; very small She had no major complaints to make about his work - only a few ________ quibbles that were almost too minor to state.






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






50. Tolerate; endure The dean would ________ no interference with his disciplinary actions.