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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Malleability; flexibility; ability to be drawn out Copper wire has many industrial uses because of its extreme ________.
egoism
deplore
ductility
luminary
2. Wooden; impassive We wanted to see how long he could maintain his ________ expression.
polygamist
deadpan
filial
intransigence
3. Crafty; double-dealing I do not think he will be a good embassador because he is not accustomed to the ________ maneuverings of foreign diplomats.
machiavellian
obdurate
renege
archetype
4. Place where a river can be crossed on foot Rather than risk using the shaky rope bridge - David walked a half-mile downstream until he came to the neartest ________.
advocate
translucent
incidence
ford
5. Unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech Such ________ joy must be experienced; it cannot be described.
ineffable
demise
fresco
grimace
6. Prevailinig among a specific group of people or in a specific are or country This disease is ________ in this part of the world; more than 80 percent of the population are at one time or another affected by it.
fluctuation
endemic
kudos
impervious
7. Something originally of little value or importance that in time becomes very valuable Unnoticed by the critics at its publication - the eventual Pulitzer Prize winner was a classic ________.
psychosis
sleeper
encomiastic
funereal
8. Supposed He is the ________ father of the child.
meander
lechery
reputed
rig
9. Hostile feeling or intent The ________ of the speaker became obvious to all when he began to indulge in sarcastic and insulting remarks.
animus
gait
supernumerary
timbre
10. Issue forth A strong odor of sulfur________d from the spring.
emanate
usurp
docile
debacle
11. Annoy by repeated attacks When he could not pay his bills as quickly as he had promised - he was ________ed by his creditors.
harass
rapacious
refute
enmity
12. Bruise She was treated for ________s and abrasions.
callow
frugality
contusion
predilection
13. Medieval chemistry The changing of baser metals into gold was the goal of the students of ________.
oust
alchemy
incriminate
hale
14. 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 ________.
sage
ingratiate
potpourri
propriety
15. Sharpen To make shaving easier - he ________d his razor with great care.
lectern
hone
dissertation
arbitrate
16. Quarrel; obtain through arguing; herd cattle. They _________led over their inheritance.
recession
wrangle
seclusion
mischance
17. Treasury He had been Chancellor of the ________ before his promotion to the office he now holds.
exchequer
prey
appreciate
integrity
18. Equipment; odds and ends His desk was cluttered with paper - pen - ink - dictionary and other ________ of the writing craft.
belittle
paraphernalia
gusto
apiary
19. Harmless Let him drink it; it is ________ and will have no ill effect.
hibernate
eulogy
innocuous
remorse
20. Recent convert; beginner This monuntain slope contains slides that will challenge esperts as well as________s.
neophyte
verdant
fractious
amend
21. Tall column tapering and ending in a pyramid Cleopatra's Needle is an ________ in New York City's Central Park.
aversion
circlet
obelisk
recourse
22. Place of refuge or shelter; protection The refugees sought ________ from religious persecution in a new land.
resolve
asylum
disheveled
wrath
23. Agreement; contract The signers of the Mayflower ________ were establishing a form of government.
tertiary
qualified
compact
betroth
24. Opinion contrary to popular belief or to accepted religion He was threatened with excommunication because his remarks were considered to be pure ________.
sultry
heresy
vagrant
instigate
25. Tolling of a bell - especially to indicate a funeral - disaster - etc.; sound of the funeral bell "The curfew tolls the ________ of parting day."
edify
inconsistency
knell
scaffold
26. Kindly; favorable; not malignant The old man was well liked because of his ________ attitude toward friend and stranger alike.
dynamic
benign
abjure
jocular
27. Talking to oneself The ________ is a device used by the dramatist to reveal a character's innermost thoughts and emotions.
soliloquy
infiltrate
somnolent
elicit
28. Pertaining to conversational or common speech Your use of ________ expressions in a formal essay such as the one you have presented spoils the effect you hope to achieve.
ambulatory
flora
colloquial
calligraphy
29. Warn; reprove He ________ed his listeners to change their wicked ways.
cerebration
precipitous
depravity
admonish
30. Strangle The criminal tried to ________ the old man with his bare hands.
throttle
infantile
avocation
graphic
31. Slight knowledge I don't know whether it is better to be ignorant of a subject or to have a mere ________ of information about it.
apprehensive
smattering
averse
transitoriness
32. Insert between She talked so much that I could not ________ a single remark.
staccato
prehensile
interpolate
retrench
33. Excuse He looked for a good ________ to get out of paying a visit to his aunt.
lewd
granary
conundrum
pretext
34. Foul-smelling The component heap was most ________ in summer.
malodorous
pander
wean
foist
35. Limited quantity Although his story is based on a ________ of truth - most of the events he describes are fictitious.
fervor
parsimonious
relevant
modicum
36. Shining Her large and ________ eyes gave a touch of beauty to an otherwise drab face.
scanty
proponent
functionary
lustrous
37. Nearness; kinship Their relationship could not be explained as being based on mere ________: they were more than relatives; they were true friends.
vindicate
propinquity
quizzical
jargon
38. Attribute; ascribe If I wished to ________ blame to the officers in charge of this program - I would state my feelings definitely and immediately.
clique
diffusion
incubus
impute
39. Having the odor of musk She left a trace of ________ perfume behind her.
reputed
girth
musky
parity
40. Retired or disqualified because of age The ________ man was indignant because he felt that he could still perform a good day's work.
dormant
insolvent
superannuated
mimicry
41. Government ruled by old people Gulliver visited a ________ in which the young people acted as servants to their elders - all the while dreaming of the day they would be old enough to have servants of their own.
adjutant
gerontocracy
connotation
dismantle
42. Study industriously; ponder; scrutinize Determined to become a physician - Beth spends hours ________(ing) over her anatomy text.
regal
pore
inclusive
pedestrian
43. Capable of grasping or holding Monkeys use not only their arms and legs but also their ________e tails in traveling through the trees.
retain
abstract
prehensile
ferret
44. Tending to overthrow; destructive At first glance - the notion that Styrofoam cups may actually be more ecologically sound than paper cups strikes most environmentalists as ________.
subversive
masochist
erratic
sully
45. Harmful We must trace the source of these ________ gases before they asphyxiate us.
noxious
quirk
extrovert
anarchist
46. Support; prop up - Just as architects buttress the walls of cathedrals with flying buttresses - debates ________ their arguments with facts.
migrant
salutary
stoic
buttress
47. Dark; not transparent The ________ window kept the sunlight out of the room.
opaque
tempo
anonymity
devout
48. Swollen; distended The ________ river threatened to overflow the levees and flood the contryside.
turgid
odious
inundate
dissemble
49. Flexible; supple Her figure was ________ and willowy.
potent
equipoise
titter
lithe
50. Balance After the divorce - he needed some time to regain his ________.
rote
lampoon
cascade
equilibrium