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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Loathe; hate Moses scolded the idol worshippers in the tribe because he ________d the custom.






2. Premonition of evil Caeser ridiculed his wife's ________ about the Ides of March.






3. Surviving remnant; memento Egypt's Department of Antiquities prohibits tourists from taking mummies and other ancient ________s out of the country.






4. Unwilingness Some mornings I feel a great ________ to get out of bed.






5. Commemorate Let us ________ his great contribution by dedicating this library in his honor.






6. Imagined; unreal You are resenting ________ insults. No one has ever said such things about you.






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






8. Deliverance from a charge His ________ by the jury surprised those who had thought him guilty.






9. Complain; fuss Students traditionally ________ about the abysmal quality of "mystery meat" and similar dornitory food.






10. Crevice The mountain climbers secured footholds in tiny ________s in the rock.






11. Determination Nothing could shake his ________ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.






12. Experienced Though pleased with her new batch of rookies - the basketball coach wished she had a few more ________ players on the team.






13. Coming from the side In order to get good plant growth - the gardener must pinch off all ________ shoots.






14. Designed to create ill will or envy We disregarded her ________ remarks because we realized how jealous she was.






15. Imprison The warden will ________ the felon after conviction.






16. Self-control; formal but distant manner Although some girls were attracted by Mark's ________ - Judy was put off by it - for she felt his aloofness indicated a lack of openness.






17. Enclosure for birds The ________ at the zoo held nearly 300 birds.






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






19. Prophetic; oracular Until their destruction by fire in 83 B.C. - the ________ books were often consulted by the Romans.






20. Ill-humored; sullen When we first meet Hamlet - we find him ________ and depressed.






21. Person of no importance; nonexistence Don't dismiss John as a ________; in his quiet way - he's very important to the firm.






22. Doubter; person who suspends judgment until he has examined the evidence supporting a point of view. In this matter - I am a ________; I want proof.






23. Fearful; demonstrating fear His ________ manner betrayed the fear he felt at the moment.






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






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






26. Stingy; parsimonious He was a ________ man - averse to spending money even for the necessities of life.






27. A doctor who treats mental diseases A ________ often needs long conferences with his patient before a diagnosis can be made.






28. Confuse; upset; embarrass The lawyer was ________ed by the evidence produced by her adversary.






29. Marginal; outer We lived - not in central London - but in one of those ________ suburbs that spring up on the outskirts of the great city.






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






31. Blessing The appearance of the sun after the many rainy days was like a ________.






32. Irritable; short-tempered My advice is to avoid discussing this problem with him today as he is rather ________ and may shout at you.






33. Verbose; drawn out Her ________ arguments irritated and bored the jury.






34. Vex Johnny often ________ his mother with his pranks.






35. Food There was a variety of ________s at the feast.






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






37. Predict I ________ disaster unless we change our wasteful ways.






38. Rob; plunder The tricksters ________d him of his inheritance.






39. Disconcert; dismay No crisis could ________ the resourceful hotel manager.






40. Pass into or through; penetrate (an organization) sneakily In order to ________ enemy lines at night without being seen - the scouts darkened their faces and wore black coveralls.






41. Similary timed; simultaneous with We have many examples of scientists in different parts of the world who have made ________ discoveries.






42. Periodic; on and off Our picnic was marred by ________ rains.






43. Union; coalition The opponents of the political party in power organized a ________ of disgruntled groups and became an important element in the election.






44. Flexible Hours of ballet classes kept him ________.






45. State of being immovable Modern armies cannot afford the luxury of ________ - as they are vulnerable to attack while standing still.






46. Token of disgrace; brand I do not attach any ________ to the fact that you were accused of this crime; the fact that you were acquitted clears you completely.






47. Unruly; rebellious The captain had to use force to quiet his ________ crew.






48. Philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge "What is more important - a knowledge of nature of the nature of knowledge?" the ________ asked the naturalist.






49. Lacking in seriousness; self-indulgently carefree; relatively unimportant Though Nancy enjoyed Bill's ________ - lighthearted companionship - she sometimes wondered whether he could ever be serious.






50. Beastlike; brutal; inhuman The Red Cross sought to put an end to the ________ treatment of prisoners of war.