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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Link as in a chain It is difficult to understand how these events could ________ as they did without outside assistance.






2. Provisional; experimental Your ________ plans sound plausible; let me know when the final details are worked out.






3. Eat away The limestone was ________d by the dripping water






4. Suave; refined; elegant The courtier was ________ and sophisticated






5. Clever reply He was famous for his witty ________ and his sarcasm.






6. Particular variety of art or literature Both a short story writer and a poet - Langston Hughes proved himself equally skilled in either ________.






7. Profitable He turned his hobby into a ________ profession.






8. Highly skilled artist The child prodigy Yehudi Menuhin grew into a ________ whose virtuosity on the violin thrilled millions.






9. Incapable of injury Achilles was ________ except in his heel.






10. Recently begun; rudimentary; elementary Before the Creation - the world was an ________ mass.






11. Repay in kind If they attack us - we shall be compelled to ________ and bomb their territory.






12. Dry; barren The cactus had adapted to survive in an ________ environment.






13. Limited quantity Although his story is based on a ________ of truth - most of the events he describes are fictitious.






14. Eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything Some animals - including humans - are ________ and eat both meat and vegetables; others are either carnivorous or herbivorous.






15. Back country They seldom had visitors - living as they did way out in the ________.






16. Gap; pause Except for a brief two-year ________ - during which she enrolled in the Peace Corps - Ms. Clements has devoted herself to her medical career.






17. Learned; scholarly His ________ writing was difficult to read because of the many allusions which were unfamiliar to most readers.






18. Mercy killing Many people support ________ for terminally ill patients who wish to die.






19. Fairness; justice Our courts guarantee ________ to all.






20. Arrogance; excessive self-conceit Filled with ________ - Lear refused to heed his friends' warnings.






21. Journey Auntie Mame was a world traveler whose ________s took her from Tiajuana to Timbuctoo.






22. Short-lived; fleeting The mayfly is an ________ creature.






23. Compensating; rewarding I find my new work so ________ that I may not return to my previous employment.






24. Proverb; a truth pithily stated Aesop's fables illustrate moral ________s.






25. Stale; spoiled by age The attic was dark and ________.






26. Wander aimlessly (physically or mentally) Listening to the teacher ________ - Judy wondered whether he'd ever get to his point.






27. Unavoidable Death and taxes are both ________.






28. Forerunners; advance forces We are the ________ of a tremendous army that is following us.






29. Portray He is weakest when he attempts to ________ character.






30. Animal-biting fly; an irritating person Like a ________ - he irritated all the guests at the hotel; within forty eight hours - everyone regarded him as an annoying busybody.






31. Aqueduct; passageway for fluids Water was brought to the army in the desert by an improvised ________ from the adjoining mountain.






32. Accidental; casual He found this ________ meeting with his friend extremely fortunate.






33. Clearness of expression; freedom from ambiguity One of the outstanding features of this book is the ________ of its author; her meaning is always clear.






34. Schemes I can see through your wily ________.






35. Stop motion; curb or restrain - Thrusting out her arm - Grandma checked Bobby's lunge at his sister. "Young man -" she said - "you'd better ________ your temper."






36. Items of business at a meeting We had so much difficulty agreeing upon an ________ that there was very little time for the meeting.






37. Blessed; consecrated She was laid to rest in ________ ground.






38. Comical parody; treatment aimed at making something appear ridiculous The ridiculous decision the jury has arrived at is a ________ of justice.






39. Corrupt; make intemperate A vicious newspaper can ________ public ideals.






40. Slaughterhouse; scene of carnage By the time the police arrived - the room was a shambles.






41. Denial of traditional values; total skepticism ________ holds that existence has no meaning.






42. Exhibiting rainbowlike colors She admired the ________ hues of the oil that floated on the surface of the water.






43. Float in the air (especially by magical means) As the magician passed his hands over the recumbent body of his assistant - she appeared to rise and ________ about three feet above the table.






44. Opposite The inevitable ________ of peace is not war but annihilation.






45. Command; arrange; consecrate The king ________ed that no foreigner should be allowed to enter the city.






46. No longer stylish; old-fahioned Unconcerned about keeping in style - Lenore was perfectly happy to wear ________ clothes as long as they were clean and unfrayed.






47. Affectedly dainty Yum-Yum walked across the stage with ________ steps.






48. Blunt; abrupt She was offended by his ________ reply.






49. Unfounded rumor - It is almost impossible to protect oneself from such a base ________.






50. Region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept Among the divisions of Hell are Purgatory and ________.







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