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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Light stroke as with a whip The horse needed no encouragement; only one ________of the whip was all the jockey had to apply to get the animal to run at top speed.






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






3. Unrepressed The congregation was shocked by her ________ laughter during the sermon.






4. Schemes I can see through your wily ________.






5. Transparent; limpid; easy to understand After reading these stodgy philosophers - I find his ________ style very enjoyable.






6. Like-size - three-dimensional scene from nature or history Because they dramatically pose actual stuffed animals against realistic painted landscapes - the ________s at the Museum of Natural History particularly impress high school biology students.






7. Without money Now that he was wealthy - he gladly contributed to funds to assist ________ and disbled persons.






8. Means; effort By ________ of much hard work - the volunteers were able to control the raging forest fire.






9. Emotional closeness; harmony In team teaching - it is important that all teachers in the group have good ________ with one another.






10. Immature; shallow Your ________ remarks are a sign of your youth and indicate that you have not given much thought to the problem.






11. Inhabitant of Ghosts are ________s of the land of the dead who return to earth.






12. Avoid (responsibility - work - etc.); malinger Brian has a strong sense of duty; he would never ________ any responsibility.






13. Rebel; nonconformist To the masculine literary establishment - George Sand with her insistence on wearing trousers and smoking cigars was clearly a ________ who fought her proper womanly role.






14. Praising; eulogistic Some critics believe that his ________ statements about Napoleon were inspired by his desire for material advancement rather than by an honest belief in the Emperor's genius.






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






16. Tax of one-tenth Because he was an agnostic - he refused to pay his ________s to the clergy.






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






18. Novel; unparalleled Margaret Mitchell's book Gone with the Wind was an ________ success.






19. Pertaining to or resembling glass Although this plastic has many ________ qualties such as transparency - it is unbreakable.






20. Arrange (laws - rules) as a code; classify We need to take the varying rules and regulations of the different health agencies and ________ them into a national health code.






21. Turn aside; divert; sidetrack If the switchman failed to ________ the Silver Streak onto a side track - the train would plow right into Union Station.






22. Perfect example or embodiment Singing "I am the very model of a modern Major-General" in The Pirates of Penzance - Major-General Stanley proclaimed himself the ________ of an officer and a gentleman.






23. Baffle; frustrate He felt that everyone was tying to ________ his plans and prevent his success.






24. Distance around something; circunference It took an extra-large cummerbund to fit around Andrew Carnegie's considerable ________.






25. Without feeling; not affected by pain The Native American has been incorrectly depicted as an ________ individual - undemonstrative and stoical.






26. Upward The sailor climbed ________ into the rigging.






27. Outcry When her purse was snatched - she raised such a ________ and cry that the thief was captured.






28. Commemorate Let us ________ his great contribution by dedicating this library in his honor.






29. Protest; remonstrance Despite the teacher's scoldings and________s - the class remained unruly.






30. Most sacred; inviolable The brash insurance salesman invaded the ________ privacy of the office of the president of the company.






31. Avoid He tried to ________ all display of temper.






32. Effort; expenditure of much physical work The ________ involved in unscrewing the rusty bolt left her exhausted.






33. Toning down; changing from one key to another When we she spoke - it was with quiet ________ of voice.






34. Dreamily thoughtful; thoughtful with a hint of sadness The ________ youth gazed at the painting for a long time and then sighed.






35. Extremely high (of prices etc.) The super computer's price was ________.






36. Fragrant; odorous; suggestive of an odor Even though it is February - the air is ________ of spring.






37. Provide a refuge for; hide The church ________ed illegal aliens who were political refugees.






38. Active; efficient A ________ government is necessary to meet the demands of a changing society.






39. Ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living Children were afraid to go to sleep at night because of the many legends of ________s.






40. Speed The train went by at considerable ________.






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






42. Death Upon the ________ of the dictator - a bitter dispute about succession to power developed.






43. White with age The man was ________ and wrinkled when he was 70.






44. Pertaining to the body; physical Why do you ignore the spiritual aspects and emphasize only the corporeal and the ________ ones?






45. Rushing stream; flood Day after day of heavy rain saturated the hillside until the water ran downhill in ________s.






46. Deceit; duplicity She achieved her high position by ________ and treachery.






47. Languish - decline; long for - yearn Though she tried to be happy living with Clara in the city - Heidi ________d for the mountains and for her gruff but loving grandfather.






48. Practical This is an entirely ________ proposal. I suggest we adopt it.






49. Scatter; drive away; cause to vanish The bright sunlight eventually ________led the morning mist.






50. Person who looks on the bright side The pessimist says the glass is half-empty; the ________ says it is half-full.