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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Worried - concerned The employer was very ________ about the health of her employees as replacements were difficult to get.






2. Harsh and shrill His ________ laughter irritated me and grated on my ears.






3. Point at which the sun is farthest from the equator The winter ________ usually occurs on December 21.






4. Dissolve; disperse The chess club ________ed after its disastrous initial season.






5. A manually skilled worker Artists and ________s alike are necessary to the development of a culture.






6. Highly skilled artist The child prodigy Yehudi Menuhin grew into a ________ whose virtuosity on the violin thrilled millions.






7. Determined; natural talent or inclination bent on advancing in the business world - the secretary heroine of Working Girl had a true ________ for high finance.






8. Language; idiom All this legal ________ confuses me; I need an interpreter.






9. Mischievous; humorous; tricky. He was a prankster who - unfortunately - often overlooked the damage he could cause with his ________ tricks.






10. Ability; capacity - A man of such ________ should not be assigned such menial tasks.






11. Inharmonious; conflicting She tried to unite the ________ factions.






12. Soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body He was advised to apply a flaxseed ________ to the inflammation.






13. Hanging; suspended The ________ chandeliers swayed in the breeze as if they were about to fall from the ceiling.






14. Unruly; refractory The horse was ________ and refused to enter the starting gate.






15. Check the flow The paramedic used a tourniquet to ________ the bleeding from the slashed artery.






16. Four-footed animal Most mammals are ________s.






17. Insightful; aware; wise Although Maud was a generally ________ critic - she had her blind sports: she could never see flaws in the work of her friends.






18. Frustrate; perplex The new code ________d the enemy agents.






19. Flair; flamboyance Many performers imitate Noel Coward - but few have his ________ and sense of style.






20. Stuff oneself The gluttonous guest ________d himself with food as though he had not eaten for days.






21. Physical features of a region Before the generals gave the order to attack - they ordered a complete study of the ________ of the region.






22. Beautiful writing; excellent penmanship - As we examine ancient manuscripts - we became impressed with the ________ of the scribes.






23. Destroy completely The tidal wave ________d several island villages.






24. Lizard that changes color in different situations - Like the ________ - he assumed the political coloration of every group he met.






25. 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.






26. Very wicked He was universally feared because of his many ________ deeds.






27. Act of finding oneself in soiety Freshman ________ provides the incoming students with an opportunity to learn about their new environment and their place in it.






28. Outcome The ________ of the rematch was that the former champion proved that he still possessed all the skills of his youth.






29. Be disturbed; boil The nation was ________ing with discontent as the nobleman continued their arrogant ways.






30. Fail completely; sink After hitting the submerged iceberg - the Titanic started taking in water rapidly and soon ________ed.






31. Narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land In a magnificent feat of engineering - Goethals and his men cut through the ________ of Panama in constructing the Panama Canal.






32. One who has more than one spouse at a time He was arrested as a ________ when his two wives filed complaints about him.






33. Not penetrable; not permitting passage through You cannot change their habits for their minds are ________ to reasoning.






34. Sickening; insipid Your ________ sighs fill me with disgust.






35. Weaken; sap The recent corruption scandals have ________d many people's faith in the city government.






36. Hesitate; shrink He did not ________ in the face of danger but fought back bravely.






37. Pompous; bombastic; using high-sounding language The politician could bever speak simply; she was always ________.






38. Agressiveness; ferocity Tynan's reviews were noted for their caustic attacks and general tone of ________.






39. Suggest a meaning not expressed Even though your statement does not declare that you are at war with that country - your actions ________ that that is the actual situation.






40. Foolish; idiotic. Such _________ and fatuous statements will create the impression that you are an ignorant individual.






41. Dissipated; wasteful; licentious In this ________ company - she lost all sense of decency.






42. Argue about prices I prefer to shop in a store that has a one-price policy because - whenever I ________ with a shopkeeper - I am never certain that I paid a fair price for the articles I purchased.






43. Window projecting from roof In remodeling the attic into a bedroom - we decided that we needed to put in ________s to provide sufficient ventilation for the new room.






44. Food There was a variety of ________s at the feast.






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






46. Disintegration; looseness in morals The profligacy and ________ of life in Caligula's Rome appall some historians.






47. Lacking substance; insignificant; frail His hopes for a career in acting proved ________; no one would cast him - even in an insubstantial role.






48. Lazy person "You are a ________ - a drone - a parasite -" the angry father shouted at his lazy son.






49. Imprudent disrespect; haughtiness How dare you treat me so rudely! The manager will hear of you ________.






50. Justify; authorize. Before the judge issues the injunction - you must convince her this action is ________ed.