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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Container for feeding farm animals; lowest point (of a wave - business cycle - etc.) The hungry pigs struggled to get at the fresh swill in the ________. The surfer rode her board - coasting along in the trough between two waves.






2. Wrong name; incorrect designation His tyrannical conduct proved to all that his nickname - King Eric the Just - was a ________.






3. Minor crime The culprit pleaded guilty to a ________ rather than face trial for a felony.






4. Raise in rank or dignity; praise The actor Alec Guinness was ________ed to the rank of knighthood by the Queen; he now is known as Sir Alec Guinness.






5. Unconscious; unresponsive Sherry and I are very different; at times when I would be covered with embarrassment - she seems ________ to shame.






6. Situated beyond; unstated and often questionable You must have an ________ motive for your behavior - since there is no obvious reason for it.






7. Money Preferring ________ to undying fame - he wrote stories of popular appeal.






8. Inflict. I am afraid he will _________ his vengeance on the innocent as well as the guilty.






9. Variegated; multicolored The ________ piper of Hamelin got his name from the multicolored clothing he wore.






10. Prosper; flourish Despite the impact of recession on the restaurant trade - Philip's cafe ________d.






11. 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.






12. Title or heading (in red print); directions for religious ceremony; protocol In ordaining the new priests - the bishop carefully observed all the ________s for the ordination service.






13. Insult; offend Accustomed to being treated with respect - Miss Challoner was ________ed by Vidal's offensive behavior.






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






15. Cunning; artful. She is as ________ as a fox in avoiding trouble.






16. To make liquids murky by stirring up sediment; to disturb Be careful when you pour not to ________ the wine; if you stir up the sediment you'll destroy the flavor.






17. Behavior; bearing His sober ________ quieted the noisy revelers.






18. Lead astray; wheedle She was ________d into joining the club after an initial reluctance.






19. Warm by rubbing - The collar ________d his neck.






20. Strong emotion Margo was a creature of extremes - at one moment in ________s of joy over a vivid sunset - at another moment in transports of grief over a dying bird.






21. Cheerful; hopeful Let us not be too ________ about the outcome; something could go wrong.






22. Poke; stir up; urge If you ________ him hard enough - he'll eventually clean his room.






23. Composed; grave The parents were worried because they felt their son was too quiet and ________.






24. Repentant When he realized the enormity of his crime - he became remorseful and ________.






25. Warlike His ________ disposition alienated his friends.






26. A manually skilled worker Artists and ________s alike are necessary to the development of a culture.






27. List of works of music - drama - etc. - a performer is prepared to present The opera company decided to include Madame Butterfly in its ________ for the following season.






28. Stubborn intolerance Brought up in a democratic atmosphere - student was shocked by the ________ and narrowness expressed by several of his classmates.






29. Mouthlike opening; small opening The Howe Caverns were discovered when someone observed that a cold wind was issuing from an ________ in the hillside.






30. One who studies the skin and its diseases I advise you to consult a ________ about your acne.






31. Shining; issuing light The sun is a ________ body.






32. Beyond that which is normal in nature John's mother's total ability to tell when he was lying struck him as almost ________.






33. Morbid fear Her fear of flying was more than mere nervousness; it was a real ________.






34. The West It will take ________ to understand the ways and customs of the orient.






35. Repetition He recited the passage by ________ and gave no indication he understood what he was saying.






36. Recent convert; beginner This monuntain slope contains slides that will challenge esperts as well as________s.






37. Binding; required It is ________ that books borrowed from the library be returned within two weeks.






38. The art of versification This book on ________ contains a rhyming dictionary as well as samples of the various verse forms.






39. Inharmonious; conflicting She tried to unite the ________ factions.






40. Explanatory; serving to explain The mannual that came with my VCR was no masterpiece of ________ prose: its explanations were so garbled that I couldn't even figure out how to rewind a tape.






41. Below the threshold We may not be aware of the ________ influences that affect our thinking.






42. Thought - Mathematics problems sometimes require much ________.






43. Sleep producer; deadener of pain By such ________s - she made the people forget their difficulties and accept their unpleasant circumstances.






44. Clumsy person The delivery boy is an awkward ________.






45. Dissipated; wasteful; licentious In this ________ company - she lost all sense of decency.






46. Poverty - misfortune We must learn to meet ________ gracefully.






47. Ceremonial staff; clublike medieval weapon The Grand Marshal of the parade raised his ________ to signal that it was time for the procession to begin.






48. Sheer; transparent They saw the burglar clearly through the ________ curtain.






49. Formal essay In order to earn a graduate degree from many of our universities - a candidate is frequently required to prepare a ________ on some scholarly subject.






50. Wooden; impassive We wanted to see how long he could maintain his ________ expression.







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