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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Offensive I find your behavior ________; please mend your ways.






2. Tending or leaning toward; bent Though I am ________ to be skeptical - the witness's manner inclines me to believe his story.






3. Arrival Most Americans were unaware of the ________ of the Nuclear Age until the news of Hiroshima reached them.






4. Occurring or taking place within the mind; unreal Your analysis is highly ________; you have permitted your emotions and your opinions to color your thinking.






5. Held in common; of a group of people When they were divorced - they had trouble dividing their ________ property.






6. Cheat She was gullible and trusting - an easy victim for the first ________ who came along.






7. Mournful The dove has a ________ and melancholy call






8. Pamphlet; a region of indefinite size The King granted William Penn a ________ of land in the New World.






9. Enormous; marvelous He marveled at her ________ appetite when he saw all the food she ate.






10. Naive; young and unsophisticated Although she was over forty - the movie star still insisted that she be cast as an ________ sweet young thing.






11. Goodness; moral excellence; good quality A ________ carried to extremes can turn into something resembling vice; humility - for example - can degenerate into servility and spinelessness.






12. Spotted When he blushed - his face took on a ________ hue.






13. Seeker after position or status Although I am as ________ for public office - I am not willing to accept the dictates of the party bosses.






14. Person who collects coins The ________ had a splendid collection of antique coins.






15. Royal Prince Albert had a ________ manner.






16. Controversy; argument in support of point of view Her essays were - for the main part - ________s for the party's policy.






17. Fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal. It is good to have a few _________s in our group for their enthusiasm is contagious.






18. Perceive intuitively; foresee the future Nothing infuriated Tom more than Aunt Polly's ability to ________ when he was not telling the truth.






19. Maker of a will The attorney called in his secretary and his partner to witness the signature of the ________.






20. Small stream As the rains continued - the trickle of water running down the hillside grew into a ________ that threatened to wash away a portion of the slope.






21. Tomb Annabel Lee was buried in a ________ by the sea.






22. Sharpness; stinging quality The ________ of the cigarette smoke made me cough.






23. Addition; appendix to book Jane's editor approved her new comparative literature text but thought it would be even better with an ________ on recent developments in literary criticism.






24. Study of artifacts and relics of early mankind The professor of ________ headed an expedition to the Gobi Desert in search of ancient ruins.






25. Not naive; sophisticated Although he was young - his remarks indicated that he was ________.






26. Exceed; surpass This accomplishment ________s all our previous efforts.






27. Dress with vulgar finery The witch doctors were ________ed in their gaudiest costumes.






28. Deserter; traitor Because he had abandoned his post and joined forces with the Indians - his fellow officers considered the hero of Dances with Wolves a ________.






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






30. Ancestors Reverence for one's ________ (sometimes referred to as ancestor worship) plays an important part in many Oriental cultures.






31. Handyman; person who does all kinds of work Although we had hired him as a messenger - we soon began to use him as a general ________ around the office.






32. Pertaining to the brain or intellect - The content of philosophical works is ________ in nature and requires much thought.






33. Turn to stone His sudden and unexpected appearance seemed to ________ her.






34. Unjust; wicked I cannot approve of the ________ methods you used to gain your present position.






35. Shameless boldness She had the ________ to insult the guest.






36. Treacherous; disloyal When Caesar realized that Brutus had betrayed him - he reproached his ________ friend.






37. Swagger; assumed air of defiance The ________ of the young criminal disappeared when he was confronted by the victims of his brutal attack.






38. Quarrelsome We heard loud and ________ noises in the next room.






39. Desertion The children - who had made him an idol - were hurt most by his ________ from our cause.






40. Specialist in classifying (animals - etc.) Dental patterns often enable the ________ to distinguish members of one rodent species from those of another.






41. Plain; obvious My answer to your proposal is an ________ and absolute "No."






42. Quick - sharp reply Even when it was advisable for her to keep her mouth shut - she was always ready with a ________.






43. Confuse; muddle Do not ________ the issues by dragging in irrelevant arguments.






44. The smallest particle (one or more atoms) of a substance that has all the properties of that substance In chemistry - we study how atoms and ________s react to form new substances.






45. Cheerful promptness He demonstrated his eagerness to serve by his ________ in executing the orders of his master.






46. Honor; glory; praise The singer complacently received ________ on his performance from his entourage.






47. In essence; for practical purposes She is a ________ financial wizard when it comes to money matters.






48. Someone who wastes money Easy access to credit encourages people to turn into ________s who shop till they drop.






49. Dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual Though the ad writers had come up with a highly creative campaign to publicize the company's newest product - the head office rejected it for a more ________ - down-to-earth approach.






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