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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Recover; find and bring in The dog was intelligent and quickly learned to ________ the game killed by the hunter.






2. Forecasted course of a disease; prediction If the doctor's ________ is correct - the patient will be in a coma for at least twenty-four hours.






3. State of being nameless; anonymousness The donor of the gift asked the college not to mention him by name; the dean readily agreed to respect his ________.






4. Trip - especially one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense Though she maintained she had gone abroad to collect firsthand data on the Common Market - the opposition claimed that her trip was merely a political ________.






5. Spacious - In the ________ areas of the railroad terminal - thousands of travelers lingered while waiting for their train.






6. Mixture of writings on various subjects This is an interesting ________ of nineteenth-century prose and poetry.






7. Darken; extinguish; surpass The new stock market high ________d the previous record set in 1985.






8. Glowing ardor Their kiss was full of the ________ of first love.






9. Adopt; support She was always ready to ________ a worthy cause.






10. Weakness The doctor prescribed vitamin and mineral supplements for the sick old woman because of her ________.






11. Stubborn; persistent He is bound to succeed because his ________ nature will not permit him to quit.






12. Face He prided himself on his ability to analyze a person's character by studying his ________.






13. Belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess The good news we have been receiving lately indicates that there is little reason for your ________.






14. Society ruled by the wealthy From the way the government caters to the rich - you might think our society is a ________ rather than a democracy.






15. Prankish; gay The ________ puppy tried to lick the face of its master.






16. Total failure Our ambitious venture ended in a ________ and we were forced to flee.






17. Soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body He was advised to apply a flaxseed ________ to the inflammation.






18. File of documents on a subject Ordered by J. Edgar Hoover to investigate the senator - the FBI compiled a complete ________






19. Oddity; idiosyncrasy Some of his friends tried to account for his rudeness to strangers as the ________ of genius.






20. Malodorous The neglected wound became ________.






21. Overcome He had to ________ many obstacles in order to succeed.






22. Formal essay In order to earn a graduate degree from many of our universities - a candidate is frequently required to prepare a ________ on some scholarly subject.






23. Shrewd; thrifty - The ________ Scotsman was more than a match for the swindlers.






24. Food of the gods ________ was supposed to give immortality to any human who ate it.






25. Tireless He was ________ in his constant efforts to raise funds for the Red Cross.






26. Interfering He felt his marriage was suffering because of his ________ mother-in-law.






27. Wooden; impassive We wanted to see how long he could maintain his ________ expression.






28. Trader The ________ exchanged trinkets for the natives' furs.






29. Slang In the ________ of the underworld - she "was taken for a ride."






30. Seemingly reasonable but incorrect Let us not be misled by such ________ arguments.






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






32. Pacify; soothe We have discovered that - when we try to ________ our enemies - we encourage them to make additional demands.






33. Confer He wished to ________ great honors upon the hero.






34. Witty thought or saying - usually short Poor Richard's ________s made Benjamin Franklin famous.






35. Lassitude; depression His friends tried to overcome the ________ into which he had fallen by taking him to parties and to the theater.






36. Weakness of mind I am amazed at the ________ of the readers of these trashy magazines.






37. Rolling - treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America Despite the cold - many geologists are trying to discover valuable mineral deposits in the ________.






38. Intruder The merchant thought of his competitors as ________s who were stealing away his trade.






39. Loud and harsh She scolded him in a ________ voice






40. Mark from beating or whipping. The evidence of child abuse was very clear; Jennifer's small body was covered with ________s and bruises.






41. Joyous; celebratory Their wedding in the park was a ________ occasion.






42. Lean and angular; barren His once-round face looked surprisingly ________ after he had lost weight.






43. Having a common center The target was made of ________ circles.






44. Sparkle; flash I enjoy her dinner parties because the food is excellent and the conversation ________s.






45. Right or claim to possession; mark of rank; name (of a book - film - etc.) Though the penniless Duke of Ragwort no longer held title to the family estate - he still retained his ________ as head of one of England's oldest families.






46. Pertaining to the people He lamented the passing of aristocratic society and maintained that a ________ society would lower the nation's standards.






47. Accustomed; hardened She became ________ to the Alaskan cold.






48. Relieve This should ________ the pain; if it does not - we shall have to use stronger drugs.






49. The meat of a deer The hunters dined on ________.






50. Motivated solely by money or gain "I'm not in this war because I get my kicks waving flags -" said the ________ soldier. "I'm in it for the dough."