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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Light stroke as with a whip The horse needed no encouragement; only one ________of the whip was all the jockey had to apply to get the animal to run at top speed.
flick
pristine
consign
centripetal
2. Stubborn; persistent He is bound to succeed because his ________ nature will not permit him to quit.
frond
check
pertinacious
imperturbable
3. Unrepressed The congregation was shocked by her ________ laughter during the sermon.
avert
encroachment
implicit
uninhibited
4. Schemes I can see through your wily ________.
carcinogenic
lacerate
machinations
warble
5. Transparent; limpid; easy to understand After reading these stodgy philosophers - I find his ________ style very enjoyable.
dinghy
diaphanous
implacable
pellucid
6. Like-size - three-dimensional scene from nature or history Because they dramatically pose actual stuffed animals against realistic painted landscapes - the ________s at the Museum of Natural History particularly impress high school biology students.
hallowed
entomology
overwrought
diorama
7. Without money Now that he was wealthy - he gladly contributed to funds to assist ________ and disbled persons.
impecunious
torso
rent
irreparable
8. Means; effort By ________ of much hard work - the volunteers were able to control the raging forest fire.
dint
osseus
censor
traduce
9. Emotional closeness; harmony In team teaching - it is important that all teachers in the group have good ________ with one another.
rapport
obstetrician
evince
encroachment
10. Immature; shallow Your ________ remarks are a sign of your youth and indicate that you have not given much thought to the problem.
sophomoric
apostate
trite
infamous
11. Inhabitant of Ghosts are ________s of the land of the dead who return to earth.
denizen
deign
gloss
misapprehension
12. Avoid (responsibility - work - etc.); malinger Brian has a strong sense of duty; he would never ________ any responsibility.
daub
abominate
despise
shirk
13. Rebel; nonconformist To the masculine literary establishment - George Sand with her insistence on wearing trousers and smoking cigars was clearly a ________ who fought her proper womanly role.
garish
ferret
maverick
stem
14. Praising; eulogistic Some critics believe that his ________ statements about Napoleon were inspired by his desire for material advancement rather than by an honest belief in the Emperor's genius.
succor
exhume
loiter
encomiastic
15. Stubborn We tried to persuade him to give up smoking - but he was ________ and refused to change.
clamor
tactile
obstinate
petrify
16. Tax of one-tenth Because he was an agnostic - he refused to pay his ________s to the clergy.
astral
sanctimonious
ultimatum
tithe
17. Pretending to be virtuous; deceiving I resent his ________ posing as a friend for I know he is interested only in his own advancement.
regime
hypocritical
seamy
shoddy
18. Novel; unparalleled Margaret Mitchell's book Gone with the Wind was an ________ success.
refectory
unprecedented
converse
dissonance
19. Pertaining to or resembling glass Although this plastic has many ________ qualties such as transparency - it is unbreakable.
vitreous
propitiate
slight
quizzical
20. Arrange (laws - rules) as a code; classify We need to take the varying rules and regulations of the different health agencies and ________ them into a national health code.
frigid
codify
hoary
precedent
21. Turn aside; divert; sidetrack If the switchman failed to ________ the Silver Streak onto a side track - the train would plow right into Union Station.
litany
agrarian
shunt
visage
22. Perfect example or embodiment Singing "I am the very model of a modern Major-General" in The Pirates of Penzance - Major-General Stanley proclaimed himself the ________ of an officer and a gentleman.
codicil
title
enamored
epitome
23. Baffle; frustrate He felt that everyone was tying to ________ his plans and prevent his success.
pacify
noisome
thwart
halting
24. Distance around something; circunference It took an extra-large cummerbund to fit around Andrew Carnegie's considerable ________.
girth
inquisitive
fortitude
altruistic
25. Without feeling; not affected by pain The Native American has been incorrectly depicted as an ________ individual - undemonstrative and stoical.
impassive
proviso
ornate
amble
26. Upward The sailor climbed ________ into the rigging.
aloft
unilateral
recession
cacophony
27. Outcry When her purse was snatched - she raised such a ________ and cry that the thief was captured.
residue
slacken
vagabond
hue
28. Commemorate Let us ________ his great contribution by dedicating this library in his honor.
impenitent
evoke
memorialize
meteoric
29. Protest; remonstrance Despite the teacher's scoldings and________s - the class remained unruly.
repress
outskirts
propound
expostulation
30. Most sacred; inviolable The brash insurance salesman invaded the ________ privacy of the office of the president of the company.
gaffe
sacrosanct
ductility
ingratiate
31. Avoid He tried to ________ all display of temper.
eschew
niggle
disavowal
protocol
32. Effort; expenditure of much physical work The ________ involved in unscrewing the rusty bolt left her exhausted.
reprise
exertion
formidable
tainted
33. Toning down; changing from one key to another When we she spoke - it was with quiet ________ of voice.
irascible
conglomeration
low
modulation
34. Dreamily thoughtful; thoughtful with a hint of sadness The ________ youth gazed at the painting for a long time and then sighed.
queasy
pellmell
pensive
importune
35. Extremely high (of prices etc.) The super computer's price was ________.
mannered
maelstrom
prohibitive
residue
36. Fragrant; odorous; suggestive of an odor Even though it is February - the air is ________ of spring.
quorum
phenomena
manifesto
redolent
37. Provide a refuge for; hide The church ________ed illegal aliens who were political refugees.
incarnate
dregs
harbor
incentive
38. Active; efficient A ________ government is necessary to meet the demands of a changing society.
equipoise
dynamic
gesticulation
franchise
39. Ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living Children were afraid to go to sleep at night because of the many legends of ________s.
shyster
distortion
wispy
vampire
40. Speed The train went by at considerable ________.
procrastinate
reticent
juxtapose
velocity
41. Tireless He was ________ in his constant efforts to raise funds for the Red Cross.
fauna
equanimity
indefatigable
narcissist
42. Death Upon the ________ of the dictator - a bitter dispute about succession to power developed.
irresolute
congruence
demise
colloquy
43. White with age The man was ________ and wrinkled when he was 70.
grimace
vicarious
hoary
heretic
44. Pertaining to the body; physical Why do you ignore the spiritual aspects and emphasize only the corporeal and the ________ ones?
somatic
impassive
rejuvenate
obtrusive
45. Rushing stream; flood Day after day of heavy rain saturated the hillside until the water ran downhill in ________s.
incentive
replenish
torrent
implicit
46. Deceit; duplicity She achieved her high position by ________ and treachery.
guile
sidereal
transpire
sustenance
47. Languish - decline; long for - yearn Though she tried to be happy living with Clara in the city - Heidi ________d for the mountains and for her gruff but loving grandfather.
pine
ethos
titanic
indeterminate
48. Practical This is an entirely ________ proposal. I suggest we adopt it.
grotto
feasible
fetter
awe
49. Scatter; drive away; cause to vanish The bright sunlight eventually ________led the morning mist.
virtue
resolve
insensible
dispel
50. Person who looks on the bright side The pessimist says the glass is half-empty; the ________ says it is half-full.
renown
gamely
optimist
premonition