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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Connection I fail to see the ________ that binds these two widely separated events.






2. Abandon; disown; repudiate Even though she knew she would be burned at the stake as a witch - Joan of Arc refused to ________ her belief that her voices came from God.






3. Condemn; critcize The reform candidate ________d the corrupt city officers for having betrayed the public's trust.






4. Ostentatious; ambitious I do not feel that your limited resources will permit you to carry out such a ________ program.






5. Stout; corpulent The salesclerk tactfully referred to the overweight customer as ________ rather than fat.






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






7. Privilege; unquestionable right The President cannot levy taxes; that is the ________ of the legislative branch of government.






8. Person wearing tattered clothes He felt sorry for the ________ who was begging for food and gave him money to buy a meal.






9. Wavering Meteorologists watch the ________s of the barometer in order to predict the weather.






10. Sediment; worthless residue David poured the wine carefully to avoid stirring up the ________.






11. Flood; rush When we advertised the position - we received a ________ of applications.






12. Enjoy; have a distinctive flavor - smell - or quality Relishing his triumph - Costner especially ________ed the chagrin of the critics who had predicted his failure.






13. Disgustingly excessive His ________ praise of the dictator annoyed his listeners.






14. Assumed; counterfeit; hypothetical I find no similarity between your ________ illustration and the problem we are facing.






15. Drunken Emperor Nero attended the ________ orgy.






16. Binding; rigid I think these regulations are too ________.






17. Country bumpkin. At school - his classmates regarded him as a yokel and laughed at his rustic mannerisms.






18. Harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill In a controlled experiment - fifty volunteers were given erythromycin tablets; the control group received only ________s.






19. Enthusiasm; liveliness She approached her studies with such ________ that it was impossible for her to do poorly.






20. Curse The high priest ________ the heretic.






21. Outward appearance; guise Although this book has a ________ of wisdom and scholarship - a careful examination will reveal many errors and omissions.






22. In a state of rage The police had to be called in to restrain him after he ran ________ in the department store.






23. Lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree In Singing in the Rain - Gene Kelly sang and danced his way throughtthe lighthearted title number in a properly ________ style.






24. Disastrous People ignored her ________ predictions of an approaching depression.






25. Babble The children ________ endlessly about their new toys.






26. Ornament a metal surface by indenting - With his hammer - he carefully ________d an intricate design onto the surface of the chalice.






27. Range of knowledge I cannot answer your question since this matter is beyond my ________.






28. People of standing; class of people just below nobility The local ________ did not welcome the visits of the summer tourists and tried to ignore their presence in the community.






29. After death (as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death) The critics ignored his works during his lifetime; it was only after the ________ publication of his last novel that they recognized his great talent.






30. Insane She became increasingly ________ and had to be hospitalized.






31. Introduction; forerunner I am afraid that this border raid is the ________ to more serious attacks.






32. Manlike The gorilla is the strongest of the ________ animals.






33. Narrate or tell; count over again About to ________ the latest adventure of Sherlock Holmes - Watson lost track of exactly how many cases Holmes had solved and refused to begin his tale until he'd recounted them one by one.






34. Sudden violent change of feeling; negative reaction Many people in this country who admired dictatorships underwent a ________ when they realized what Hitler and Mussolini were trying to do.






35. Divided into two branches; forked With a ________ branch and a piece of elastic rubber - he made a crude but effective slingshot.






36. Soothing or softening remedy He applied an ________ to the inflamed area.






37. With a sideways or indirect look Looking ________ at her questioner - she displayed her scorn.






38. Unalterable Let us not brood over past mistakes since they are ________.






39. Marrigeable Mrs. Bennet - in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - was worried about finding suitable husbands for her five ________ daughters.






40. One who hates mankind We thought the hermit was a ________ because he shunned our society.






41. Amuse; delude; cheat I ________d himself during the long hours by playing solitaire.






42. Pithy maxim An ________ differs from an adage in that it is more philosophical or scientific.






43. Heat-producing - Coal is much more ________ than green wood.






44. Too certain to be disputed In the face of these ________ statements - I withdraw my complaint.






45. Teacher of philosophy; quibbler; employer of fallacious reasoning You are using all the devices of a ________ in trying to prove your case; your argument is specious.






46. Positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath Despite Tom's ________ of innocence - Aunt Polly still suspected he had eaten the pie.






47. Trunk of statue with head and limbs missing; human trunk This ________ - found in the ruins of Pompeii - is now on exhibition in the museum in Naples.






48. Peak; pinnacle; highest point Welles's success in Citizen Kane marked the ________ of his career as an actor; never again did he achieve such popular acclaim.






49. Dead; no longer in use or existence The lawyers sought to examine the books of the ________ corporation.






50. School for training future ministers; secondary school - especially for young women Sure of his priestly vocation - Terrence planned to pursue his theological training at the local Roman Catholic ________.