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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Slaughterhouse; scene of carnage By the time the police arrived - the room was a shambles.






2. Please intensely The audience was ________d by the freshness of the voices and the excellent orchestration.






3. Clumsy; bungling In his usual ________ way - he managed to upset the cart and spill the food.






4. Exact If you don't give me ________ directions and a map - I'll never find your place.






5. Compose on the spur of the moment She would sit at the piano and ________ for hours on themes from Bach and Handel.






6. Former occupant of a post I hope I can live up to the fine example set by my late ________in this office.






7. Changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly The political climate today is extremely ________: no one can predict what the electorate will do next.






8. Disconnected His remarks were so ________ that we could not follow his reasoning.






9. Bitterness; nerve The knowledge of his failure filled him with ________.






10. Waste He could not apply himself to any task and ________ed away his time in idle conversation.






11. Roundness; sonorousness of speech Washington Irving emphasized the ________ of the governor by describing his height and circumference.






12. Condescend He felt that he would debase himself if he ________ed to answer his critics.






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






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






15. Noise - The ________ of the children at play outside made it impossible for her to take a nap.






16. Twisted; with a humorous twist.We enjoy Dorothy Parker's verse for its _________ wit.






17. Childish His ________ pranks sometimes offended his more mature friends.






18. Sleepwalker The most famous ________ in literature is Lady Macbeth; her monologue in the sleepwalking scene is one of the highlights of Shakespeare's play.






19. Small waterfall We could not appreciate the beauty of the many ________s as we made detours around each of them to avoid getting wet.






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






21. Dilemma When the two colleges to which he had applied accepted him - he was in a ________ as to which one he should attend.






22. Express; utter He ________ed his wrath on his class.






23. Changing in form; fickle His opinion were ________ and easily influenced by anyone who had any powers of persuasion.






24. Calm; not easily disturbed The nurse was a cheerful but ________ person - unexcited in the face of sudden emergencies.






25. Supporter; follower In the wake of the scandal - the senator's one-time ________ quietly deserted him.






26. Environment; means of expression His ________ is watercolors - although he has produced excellent oil paintings and lithographs.






27. Twisting out of shape It is difficult to believe the newspaper accounts of this event because of the ________s and exaggerations of the reporters.






28. Use of force They forced him to obey - but only by great ________.






29. Make less concentrated; reduce in strength She preferred her coffee ________d with milk.






30. Fear of being locked in - His fellow classmates laughed at his ________ and often threatened to lock him in his room.






31. Prohibit; restrain The child was not ________ed in her responses.






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






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






34. Indirect or roundabout expression - He was afraid to call spade a spade and resorted to ________s to avoid direct reference to his subject.






35. Without guile; open and honest Red Riding Hood's ________ comment - "Grandma - what big eyes you have!" indicates the child's innocent surprises at her "grandmother's" changed appearance.






36. Sum; total The ________ wealth of this country is staggering to the imagination.






37. Ghastly She shuddered at the ________ sight.






38. 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.






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






40. Yellowed; prejudiced; envious She gazed at the painting with ________ eyes; she knew it was better than hers.






41. Drug that relieves pain; opiate His pain was so great that no ________ could relieve it.






42. Lose animation; lose strength In stories - lovelorn damsels used to ________ and pine away.






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






44. Sternness; severity; lack of luxuries The ________ and dignity of the court were maintained by the new justices - who were a strict and solemn group.






45. Unavoidable Death and taxes are both ________.






46. Tight; ready The captain maintained that he ran a ________ ship.






47. Violate; desecrate Tourists are urged not to ________ the sanctity of holy places by wearing improper garb.






48. Practical This is an entirely ________ proposal. I suggest we adopt it.






49. Work of art put together from fragments Scraps of cloth - paper doilies - and old photographs all went into her ________.






50. Differing; deviating The two witnesses presented the jury with remarkably ________ accounts of the same epipode.