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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Differing in some characteristics; various There are ________ ways of approaching this problem.






2. Sleight of hand The magician demonstrated his renowned ________.






3. Amendment or clause added to a legislative bill Senator Foghorn said he would support Senator Filibuster's tax reform bill only if Filibuster agreed to add an antipollution ________ to the bill.






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






5. Person who makes or sells women's hats The ________ displayed fashionable hats in the street where many women passed by.






6. Subordinate possessions He bought the estate and all its ________.






7. Unsatisfied; not soothed Her anger is ________ by your apology.






8. Hesitant; faltering Novice extemporaneous speakers often talk in a ________ fashion as they grope for the right words.






9. Beginner Even a ________ can do good work if he follows these simple directions.






10. Fame For many years an unheralded researcher - Barbara McClintock gained international ________ when she won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.






11. Winding; full of curves Because this road is so ________ - it is unwise to go faster than twenty miles an hour on it.






12. Speak equivocally about an issue. When asked directly about the governor's involvement in the savings and loan scandal - the press secretary ________d - talking all around the issue.






13. A facial distortion to show feeling such as pain - disgust - etc. Even though he remained silent - his ________ indicated his displeasure.






14. Picture; short literary sketch The New Yorker published her latest ________.






15. Not able to be perceived by touch; vague Though the financial benefits of his Oxford post were meager - Lewis was drawn to it by its ________ rewards: prestige - intellectual freedom - the fellowship of his peers.






16. Scrupulous; careful A ________ editor checked every definition for its accuracy.






17. Rural In these stories of ________ life - we find an understanding of the daily tasks of country folk.






18. Conceited smile Wipe that ________ off your face!






19. Ability to see differences; prejudice They feared he lacked sufficient ________ to judge complex works of modern art.






20. Unintelligible; muddled; illogical The bereaved father sobbed and stammered - his words becoming almost ________ in his grief.






21. Generate pus When her finger began to ________ - the doctor lanced it and removed the splinter that had caused the pus to form.






22. Obscure and mysterious; occult It is strange to consider that modern chemistry originated in the ________ teachings of the ancient alchemists.






23. Invention; imaginary thing That incident never took place; it is a ________ of your imagination.






24. Grow well; prosper; make sweeping gestures The orange trees ________ed in the sun.






25. Boastful; excessively conceited She was a ________ and arrogant individual.






26. Fertile; abundant; ornate Farming was easy in this ________ soil.






27. Headlong; rash Do not be ________ in this matter; investigate further.






28. Causing insensitivity to pain The ________ qualities of his lotion will provide temporary relief.






29. Logically convincing; sound; legally acceptable You're going to have to come up with a better argument if you want to convince me that your reasoning is ________.






30. Insult to one's dignity; snub Hypersensitive and ready to take offense at any discourtesy - Bertha was always on the lookout for real or imaginary ________s.






31. Shred; least bit You have not produced a ________ of evidence to support your argument.






32. Idle person; male bee Content to let his wife support him - the would-be writer was in reality nothing but a ________.






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






34. Deprived of; lacking The foolish gambler soon found himself ________ of funds.






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






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






37. Official publication He read the ________s regularly for announcement of his promotion.






38. Candid; blunt The candidate was too ________ to be a successful politician; he had not yet learned to weigh his words carefully.






39. Capable of being repaired Fortunately - the damages we suffered in the accident were ________ and our car looks brand new.






40. Saturate - fill His visits to the famous Gothic cathedrals ________d him with feelings of awe and reverence.






41. Associate with We frequently judge people by the company with whom they ________.






42. One of the hereditary classes in Hindu society - social stratification; prestige - The differences created by ________ in India must be wiped out if true democracy is to prevail in that country.






43. Yielding to another; ceding - The ________ of Alaska to the United States is discussed in this chapter.






44. Showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm His ________ nature could not be repressed.






45. Scornful remarks - stinging rebuke His feelings were hurt by the ________ of his supposed friends.






46. Premonition; foreboding Hamlet felt a ________ about his meeting with Laertes.






47. Consecrate The prophet Samuel ________ed David with oil - crowning him king of Israel.






48. Unrestrained; excessive She had an ________ fondness for candy.






49. Analysis; cutting apart in order to examine The ________ of frogs on the laboratory is particularly unpleasant to some students.






50. Gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck Many scientific discoveries are a matter of ________: Newton was not sitting there thinking about gravity when the apple dropped on his head.