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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Daily; commonplace; customary To Philip - each new day of his internship was filled with excitement; he could not dismiss his rounds as merely ________ routine.






2. Blues; listlessness; slack period Once the excitement of meeting her deadline was over - she found herself in the ________.






3. Something or someone misplaced in time; Shakespeare's reference to clocks in Julius Caesar is an ________; no clocks existed in Caesar's time.






4. Versatile; able to take on many forms A remarkably ________ actor - Alec Guinness could take on any role.






5. Dangerous Your occupation is too ________ for insurance companies to consider your application.






6. Pertaining to the woods; rustic His paintings of nymphs in ________ backgrounds were criticized as oversentimental.






7. Vibrate pendulumlike; waver It is interesting to note how public opinion ________s between the extremes of optimism and pessimism.






8. To strip a priest or minister of church authority To disbar a lawyer - to ________ a priest - to suspend a doctor's license to practice--these are extreme steps that the authorities should take only after careful consideration.






9. Gradual wearing down They decided to wage a war of ________ rather than to rely on all-out attack.






10. Unbecoming; indecent Your levity is ________ at this time of mourning.






11. Change of form The ________ of caterpillar to butterfly is typical of many such changes in animal life.






12. Lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree In Singing in the Rain - Gene Kelly sang and danced his way throughtthe lighthearted title number in a properly ________ style.






13. The meat of a deer The hunters dined on ________.






14. Enthusiastic applause When Placido Domingo came on stage in the first act of La Boheme - he was greeted by a tremendous ________.






15. Heap of combustible material - esp. for burning a corpse. The mortician put ________ on the corpse before burning a corpse.






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






17. Existence; means of support; livelihood In those days of inflated prices - my salary provided mere ________.






18. Slyness; sneakiness; secretiveness Fearing detection by the sentries on duty - the scout inched his way toward the enemy camp with great ________.






19. Mournful The dove has a ________ and melancholy call






20. Plead; ask earnestly She ________ed her father to let her stay out till midnight.






21. Stopping - The workers threatened a ________ of all activities if their demands were not met.






22. Connoisseur of food and drink ________s frequent this restaurant because it features exotic wines and dishes.






23. Facilitating evacuation of the bowels The effect of the constipation medicine is ________; it empties the bowels.






24. Stampede; drive out The reinforcements were able to ________ the enemy






25. Essence she was asked to give the ________ of the essay in two sentence.






26. Opinion contrary to popular belief or to accepted religion He was threatened with excommunication because his remarks were considered to be pure ________.






27. Permanent The ________ bonds of marriage are all too often being dissolved.






28. Insipid; inane She delivered an uninspired and ________ address.






29. Pretend He ________med sickness to get out of going to school.






30. Dismay; shock We were ________led by the horrifying conditions in the city's jails.






31. Treasury He had been Chancellor of the ________ before his promotion to the office he now holds.






32. Docile You will find the children in this school very ________ and willing to learn.






33. Corruption; wickedness The ________ of the tyrant's behavior shocked us all.






34. Agreeable; lovable His ________ disposition pleased all who had dealings with him.






35. Tip; summit; climax He was at the ________ of his career.






36. Risk - particularly of being exposed to disease or to the elements; unmasking; act of laying something open ________ to sun and wind had dried out her hair and weathered her face.






37. Issue forth A strong odor of sulfur________d from the spring.






38. Mania for doing grandiose things Developers who spend millions trying to build the world's tallest skyscraper suffer from ________.






39. Pertaining to tailors He was as famous for the ________ splendor of his attire as he was for his acting.






40. Replace; usurp Corazon Aquino ________ed Ferdinand Marcos as president of the Philippines.






41. Prudence; ability to adjust actions to circumstances Use your ________ in this matter and do not discuss it with anyone.






42. Apt; suitably expressed; well chosen He was famous for his ________ remarks and was called upon to serve as master-of-ceremonies at many banquet.






43. Cause to sprout; sprout After the seeds ________ and develop their permanent leaves - the plants may be removed from the cold frames and transplanted to the garden.






44. Fall sharply Stock prices ________ed as Wall Street reacted to the rise in interest rates.






45. Secret; hidden; not public We do not care for ________ chamber of government.






46. Plowed but sowed; uncultivated Farmers have learned that it is advisable to permit land to let ________ every few years.






47. Wise; shrewd That was a very ________ observation.






48. Having many talents; capable of working in many fields He was a ________ athlete; at college he had earned varsity letters in baseball - football - and track.






49. Scatter The molecules will ________ throughout the space according to the second law of thermodynamics.






50. 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.