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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Suppress; extinguish; inhibit Halfway through the boring lecture - Laura gave up trying to ________ her yawns.






2. Respectful; obedient The ________ child grew up to be a conscientious adult aware of his civic obligations.






3. Individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances Forget about ethics! He's such an ________ that he'll vote in favor of any deal that will give him a break.






4. Supporting bar The engineer calculated that the ________ supporting the rafter needed to be reinforced.






5. Pride - haughtiness The ________ of the nobility was resented by the middle class.






6. Upward The sailor climbed ________ into the rigging.






7. Rebellious We will not discuss reforms until the ________ troops have returned to their homes.






8. Drive or hunt out of hiding She was ________ed out their secret.






9. Unreal; grotesque; whimsical Your fears are ________ because no such animal as you have described exists.






10. Calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics According to recent ________ tables - life expectancy is greater today than it was a century ago.






11. Place over something else Your attempt to ________ another agency in this field will merely increase the bureaucratic nature of our government.






12. Slow; sluggish The sailor had been taught not to be ________ in carrying out orders.






13. Irresistable; not to be escaped He felt that his fate was ________ and refused to make any attempt to improve his lot.






14. Hairs on back and neck - especially of a dog The dog's ________ rose and he began to growl as the sound of footsteps grew louder.






15. Having many languages Because they are bordered by so many countries - the Swiss people are ________.






16. Slander; vilify He was avoided by all who feared that he would ________ and abuse them if they displeased him.






17. Pertaining to marriage After the publication of his book on ________ affairs - he was often consulted by married people on the verge of divorce.






18. Comparable She called our attention to the things that had been done in an ________ situation and recommended that we do the same.






19. One who feigns illness to escape duty The captain ordered the sergeant to punish all ________s and force them to work.






20. Artificiality; unnaturalness; act of employing sophistry in reasoning ________ is an acquired characteristic - found more frequently among city dwellers than among residents of rural areas.






21. Loathe; hate Moses scolded the idol worshippers in the tribe because he ________d the custom.






22. Fear; trembling agitation We must face the enemy without ________ if we are to win this battle.






23. Make void The parents of the eloped couple tried to ________ the marriage.






24. Violation of a law; sin Forgive us our ________s; we know not what we do.






25. Pithy maxim An ________ differs from an adage in that it is more philosophical or scientific.






26. Invigorate; make forceful and active Rather than exhausting Maggie - dancing ________d her.






27. Narrow canyon; steep - rocky cleft Terrified of heights - George could not bring himself to peer down into the ________ to see the rapids below.






28. Resigned to defeat; accepting defeat as a natural outcome If you maintain your ________ attitude - you will never succeed.






29. Plundering After the ________s of the invaders - the people were penniless.






30. Society ruled by the wealthy From the way the government caters to the rich - you might think our society is a ________ rather than a democracy.






31. Without previous preparation Her listeners were amazed that such a thorough presentation could be made in an ________ speech.






32. Oversimplified; lacking individuality; seen as a type My chief objection to the book is that the characters are ________; they come across as ethnic caricatures - not as real people with individual quirks - fears - and dreams.






33. Lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity Stop giggling abd wriggling around in the pew; such ________ is improper in church.






34. One who fits glasses to remedy visual defects Although an ________ is qualified to treat many eye disorders - she may not use medicinesor surgery in her examinations.






35. Speaking several languages New York City is a ________ community because of the thousands of immigrants who settle there.






36. Puzzle Depite all attempts to decipher the code - it remained an ________.






37. Relieve This should ________ the pain; if it does not - we shall have to use stronger drugs.






38. Overstock; fill to excess The many manufacturers ________ted the market and could not find purchasers for the many articles they had produced.






39. Private meeting He was present at all their ________s as an unofficial observer.






40. Approving; applauding The theatrical company reprinted the ________ comments of the critics in its advertisement.






41. Pompous walk His ________ as he marched about the parade ground revealed him for what he was: a pompous buffoon.






42. Confirm; ratify I will not publish my findings until I ________ my results.






43. Correct - usually a text The critic ________ed the book by retranslating several passages.






44. Relating to a unifying motif or idea Those who think of Moby Dick as a simple adventure story about whaling miss is underlying ________ import.






45. Abolish He intended to ________ the decree issued by his predecessor.






46. Pertaining to the lungs In his researches on ________ diseases - he discovered many facts about the lungs of animals and human beings.






47. Noble ambition Youth's ________s should be as lofty as the stars.






48. Cut into small parts When the Austrian Empire was ________ed - several new countries were established.






49. Causing cancer - Many supposedly harmless substances have been revealed to be ________.






50. Person unduly worried about his health; worrier without cause about illness The doctor prescribed chocolate pills for his patient who was a ________.