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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Echo; resound The entire valley ________d with the sound of the church bells.
commemorative
reverberate
eclipse
haggard
2. Come about by addition You must pay the interest that has ________d on your debt as well as the principal sum.
deify
accrue
fraudulent
apathetic
3. Hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism. The pack rat secretes odds and ends in its nest; the pancreas ________s insulin in the islets of Langerhans.
impiety
aversion
defray
secrete
4. Work laboriously; make slow painful progress You must ________ through 3500 words list in order to achieve a high score on GRE.
austerity
authoritative
toil
lectern
5. Accustomed; hardened She became ________ to the Alaskan cold.
implausible
procrastinate
embed
inured
6. Critical remark He resented the ________s of his critics - particularly because he realized they were true.
animadversion
poultice
defeatist
juggernaut
7. Loosely connected Though he tried to follow the plot of Gravity's Rainbow - John found the novel too ________.
incarcerate
fugitive
episodic
fidelity
8. Rubble A full year after the earthquake in Mexico City - workers were still carting away the________
gentility
debris
primp
metaphor
9. Disentangle; solve With equal ease Miss Marple ________ed tangled balls of yarn and baffling murder mysteries.
spry
unravel
conversant
capricious
10. Lustful Because they might arouse ________ impulses in their readers - the lewd books were banned by the clergy.
lascivious
peremptory
aperture
peripatetic
11. Unlikely occurrence; stroke of fortune When Douglass defeated Tyson for the heavyweight championship - some sportscasters dismissed his victory as a ________.
canine
pillory
germinal
fluke
12. Harmony Watching Tweediedum and Tweedledee battle - Alice wondered why the two brothers could not manage to life in ________.
calamity
concord
comatose
vouchsafe
13. Joining; associating with His ________ with the political party was of short duration for he soon disagreed with his colleagues.
supple
pestle
vulnerable
affiliation
14. Unconquerable The founders of our country had ________ willpower.
immaculate
agnostic
whittle
indomitable
15. Limited; restricted Unable to give the candidate full support - the mayor gave him only a ________ endorsement.
refurbish
qualified
symmetry
variegated
16. Filled to capacity; abundantly supplied The book is ________ with humorous situations.
replete
compensatory
ponderous
wither
17. Changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly The political climate today is extremely ________: no one can predict what the electorate will do next.
martial
impunity
odium
volatile
18. Calm; not easily disturbed The nurse was a cheerful but ________ person - unexcited in the face of sudden emergencies.
sear
flay
phlegmatic
amphibian
19. Adjust to climate or environment One of the difficulties of our present air age is the need of travellers to ________ themselves to their new and often strange environments.
lucid
scabbard
hoary
acclimate
20. Great fire In the ________ that followed the 1906 earthquake - much of San Francisco was destroyed.
virtual
temperament
conflagration
studied
21. Sullen; stubborn The man was ________ abd taciturn.
orient
remediable
dour
prodigy
22. Cautious; careful A miser hoards money not because he is ________ but because he is greedy.
replica
prune
prudent
outspoken
23. Solidly uniform; unyielding Knowing the importance of appearing resolute - the patriots sought to present a ________ front.
monolithic
clavicle
contrite
sedate
24. Pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff Claire thought Lord Byron's boast that he would swim the Hellespont was just a ________ - she was astounded when he dove from the high bluff into the waters below.
bluff
grovel
lionize
centrifugal
25. Scorn; disdain Even if you feel superior to others - it is unwise to show your ________ for them.
precedent
mangy
contempt
panegyric
26. Unlikely; unbelievable Though her alibi seened ________ - it in fact turned out to be true.
meager
implausible
pontifical
stipulate
27. Minor crime The culprit pleaded guilty to a ________ rather than face trial for a felony.
agitate
misdemeanor
anachronism
palpable
28. Written statement made under oath The court refused to accept his statement unless he presented it in the form of an ________.
disengage
affidavit
despondent
ennui
29. Downward slope The children loved to ski down the ________.
gaunt
malignant
mendicant
declivity
30. Talkativeness The man who married a dumb wife asked the doctor to make him deaf because of his wife's ________ after her cure.
garrulity
grimace
bugaboo
lurid
31. Laziness He outgrew his youthful ________ to become a model of industry and alertness on the job.
seethe
scoff
expertise
indolence
32. Noxious smell Air pollution has become a serious problem in our major cities; the ________ and the poisons in the air are hazards to life.
effluvium
protract
surly
migratory
33. Suave; refined; elegant The courtier was ________ and sophisticated
lien
procurement
urbane
suffuse
34. Of lowly origin; unworthy This plan is inspired by ________ motives and I must - therefore - oppose it.
spoonerism
ignoble
cadaver
venison
35. Excessively talkative - especially about unimportant subjects; loquacious; wordy Many club members avoided the company of the ________ junior executive because his contant chatter bored them to tears.
garrulous
affected
trigger
dowdy
36. Offer; extend Although no formal changes had been made against him - in the wake of the recent scandal the mayor felt he should ________ his resignation.
inveigle
florid
tender
interim
37. Artificial; resulting from synthesis During the twentieth century - many ________ products have replaced the natural products.
synthetic
ambiguous
capillary
diversity
38. Plunge into water; drench; extinguish They ________d each other with hoses and balloons.
heretic
champion
hackles
douse
39. Trying to please; obliging The courtier obeyed the king's orders in a ________ manner.
engage
lull
complaisant
defile
40. Forgetfulness Her work had fallen into a state of ________; no one bothered to read them.
invective
revoke
oblivion
conciliatory
41. Spotted The sunlight filtering though the screens created a ________ effect on the wall.
fanciful
rapport
dappled
gossamer
42. Essential quality His outstanding ________ was his kindness.
smirk
heterogeneous
attribute
dictum
43. Artificial; pretended His ________ mannerisms irritated may of us who had known him before his promotion.
flagrant
meddlesome
sleeper
affected
44. Decorate Parsley was used to ________ the boiled potato.
oratorio
garnish
amok
personable
45. Tightly packed; firm; brief His short - ________ body was better suited to wrestling than to basketball.
hyperbole
paramour
compact
lien
46. Endowed with flesh; personified Your attitude is so fiendish that you must be a devil ________.
larceny
astral
incarnate
cohesion
47. Severe disapproval The students showed their ________ of his act by refusing to talk with him.
pugnacious
rancid
reprobation
dour
48. Absence of governing body; state of disorder The assassination of the leaders led to a period of ________.
obeisance
intransigence
anarchy
vehement
49. Law We have many ________s in our law books which should be repealed.
presage
statute
infernal
debris
50. Gigantic The ________ corporations of the twentieth century are a mixed blessing
incongruity
martrix
mammoth
glutton
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