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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Attach or add on; fasten First the registrar had to affix his signature to the license; then he had to ________ his official seal.






2. Exalted; noble; uplifting Mother Teresa has been honored for her ________ deeds.






3. Boredom The monotonous routine of hopital life induced a feeling of ________ which made him moody and irritable.






4. Steadfast She approached the guillotine with ________ steps.






5. Rear; encourage According to the legend - Romulus and Remus were ________ed by a she-wolf that raised the abandoned infants as her own.






6. Person celebrated for wisdom Hearing tales of a mysterious Master of All Knowledge who lived in the hills of Tibet - Sandy was possessed with a burning desire to consult the legendary ________.






7. Neigh like a horse. When he laughed through his nose - it sounded as if he ________(ied).






8. Assumption; postulate Because Jack had based his argument upon a faulty ________ - his opponent cheerfully pointed out the holes in his logic.






9. Half-stifled laugh The boy could not suppress a ________ when the teacher sat on the tack.






10. Dedicate; sanctify We shall ________ our lives to this noble purpose.






11. Lure; attract; tempt She always tried to ________ her baby brother into mischief.






12. Agressiveness; ferocity Tynan's reviews were noted for their caustic attacks and general tone of ________.






13. Theme This simple ________ runs throughout the score.






14. Bring upon oneself His parents refused to pay any future debts he might ________.






15. Pine tree; cone-bearing tree According to geologists - the ________s were the first plants to bear flowers.






16. Strip; deprive He was ________ed of his power to act and could no longer govern.






17. Sham; not genuine; inferior You will never get the public to buy such ________ material.






18. Hanging down from something Her ________ earrings glistened in the light.






19. Hypnotize The incessant drone seemed to ________ him and place him in a trance.






20. Peculiarity; eccentricity One of his personal ________(ies) was his habit of rinsing all cutlery given him in a restaurant.






21. Repudiate; withdraw previous statement Unless you ________ your confession - you will be punished severely.






22. Very bad The anecdote was in ________ taste and shocked the audience.






23. Divided into classes; arranged into strata As the economic gap between the rich and the poor increased - Roman society grew increasingly ________.






24. Censure; rebuke The principal ________d the students when they became unruly in the auditorium.






25. Wretched; lacking pride On the streets of New York the homeless live in ________ poverty - huddling in doorways to find shelter from the wind.






26. Turn aside His life was saved when his cigarette case ________ed the bullet.






27. Young wolf - dog - tiger - etc. This collie ________ won't do for breeding - but he'd make a fine pet.






28. Harmony; agreement In ________ with our rules and regulations - I am calling a meeting of our organization.






29. Moving force; incentive; stimulus A new federal highway program would create jobs and five added ________ to our economic recovery.






30. Impertinent; forward I think your ________ and impudent remarks call for an apology.






31. Irritation; resentment She showed her ________ by her refusal to appear with the other contestants at the end of the contest.






32. Problem; choice of two unsatisfactory alternatives In this ________ - he knew no one to whom he could turn for advice.






33. Link as in a chain It is difficult to understand how these events could ________ as they did without outside assistance.






34. Flavored dessert ice I prefer raspberry ________ to ice cream since it is less fattening.






35. Fringes; outer borders Living ________ of Boston - Sarah sometimes felt as if she were cut off from the cultural heart of the city.






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






37. Impermanence Conscious that all things pass - the psalmist relates the ________ of happiness and fame.






38. Navigation tool used to determine a ship's latitude and longitude Given a clear night - with the aid of his ________ and compass - he could keep the ship safely on course.






39. List; mention one by one Huck hung his head in shame as Miss Watson ________d his many flaws.






40. Profane; impious The people in the room were shocked by his his ________ language.






41. Curse The high priest ________ the heretic.






42. Chance; luck In his poem ________ - Thomas Hardy objects to the part chance plays in our lives.






43. Device for stamping or impressing; mold In coining pennies - workers at the old mint squeezed sheets of softened copper between two ________s.






44. Small opening; outlet The wine did not flow because the air ________ in the barrel was clogged.






45. Weird In that ________ setting - it was easy to believe in ghosts and other supernatural beings.






46. Careless We dislike restaurants where the service is ________ and inattentive.






47. 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.






48. Sharp-cornered; stiff in manner His features - though ________ - were curiously attractive.






49. Sift; separate good parts from bad. This test will _________ out the students who study from those who don't bother.






50. Teaching; instructional; preaching or moralizing The ________ qualities of his poetry overshadow its literary qualities; the lesson he teaches is more memorable than the lines.