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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Inexperienced While it is necessary to provide these ________ poets with an opportunity to present their work - it is not essential that we admire everything they write.






2. Grow tiresome The study of word lists can eventually ________ and put one to sleep.






3. Artificial; pretended His ________ mannerisms irritated may of us who had known him before his promotion.






4. Oppose with arguments; contradict To ________ your theory will require much time but it is essential that we disprove it.






5. Assume an affected pose; act artificially No matter how much Arnold boasted or ________d - I could not believe he was as important as he pretended to be.






6. Hypothesis; surmise I based my decision to confide in him on the ________ that he would be discreet.






7. Relating to the stars She was amazed at the number of ________ bodies the new telescope revealed.






8. Measure; distribute He tried to be impartial in his efforts to ________ out justice.






9. Obedient; easily managed As ________ as he seems today - that old lion was once a ferocious - snarling beast.






10. Revenging agent Captain Bligh vowed to be Christian's ________.






11. High praise; eulogy Uneasy with the ________s expressed by his supporters - Tolkien felt unworthy of such high praise.






12. Banish; consign to inferior position If we ________ these experts to minor posts because of their political persuasions - we shall lose their valuable services.






13. Expressiveness; persuasive speech The crowds were stirred by Martin Luther King's ________.






14. Sweet sound Noted for its ________ even when it is spoken - the Italian language is particularly pleasing to the ear when sung.






15. Sharpness (of temper) These remarks - spoken with ________ - stung the boys to whom they had been directed.






16. Flexible; easily influenced Catherine's disposition was ________; she was like putty in her suitor's hands.






17. Clothing "How can I go to the ball?" asked Cinderella. "I have no ________ fit to wear."






18. Not active; acted upon Mahatma Gandhi urged his followers to pursue a program of ________ resistance as he felt that it was more effective than violence and acts of terrorism.






19. Rescue from loss All attempts to ________ the wrecked ship failed.






20. Uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite That interest rates shall rise appears certain; when they will do so - however - remains ________.






21. Meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services After her long flight - Jill just wanted to nap - but the ________ bellboy was intent on showing her all the special features of the deluxe suite.






22. Highly excited; intensely curious We were all ________ at the news that the celebrated movie star was giving up his career in order to enter a monastery.






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






24. Radiating; departing from the center - Many automatic drying machines remove excess moisture from clothing by ________ force.






25. Boisterous merrymaking New Year's Eve is a night of ________.






26. Trick; practical joke Embarrassed by the ________ - he reddened and left the room.






27. Prove genuine An expert was needed to ________ the original Van Gogh painting - distinguishing it from its imitation.






28. Title; chapter heading; text under illustration - I find the ________s that accompany these cartoons very clever and humorous.






29. Cut away; trim With the help of her editor - she was able to ________ her manuscript into publishable form.






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






31. Pleasantly tart-tasting; stimulating The ________sauce added to our enjoyment of the meal.






32. Express sympathetic sorrow His friends gathered to ________ with him over his loss.






33. Sticky; viscous Molasses is a ________ substance.






34. Enclose; place in something Tales of actual historical figures like King Alfred have become ________ded in legends.






35. Half asleep The heavy meal and the overheated room made us all ________ and indifferent to the speaker.






36. Madly excited As soon as they smelled smoke - the ________ animals milled about in their cages.






37. Brawl The three musketeers were in the thick of ________.






38. Stout; corpulent The salesclerk tactfully referred to the overweight customer as ________ rather than fat.






39. Precede The invention of the radiotelegraph ________d the development of television by a quarter of a century.






40. Harmony Watching Tweediedum and Tweedledee battle - Alice wondered why the two brothers could not manage to life in ________.






41. Scornful remarks - stinging rebuke His feelings were hurt by the ________ of his supposed friends.






42. Equipment; odds and ends His desk was cluttered with paper - pen - ink - dictionary and other ________ of the writing craft.






43. Binding; causing contraction; harsh or severe The ________ quality of unsweetened lemon juice made swallowing difficult.






44. Suitable for drinking The recent drought in the Middle Atlantic States has emphasized the need for extensive research in ways of making sea water ________.






45. State of stubborn unwillingness to compromise The ________ of both parties in the dispute makes an early settlement almost impossible to obtain.






46. At the point of death The doctors called the family to the bedside of the ________ patient.






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






48. Tooth projecting from a wheel A bicycle chain moves through a series of ________s in order to propel the bike.






49. Customs The ________ of Mexico are those of Spain with some modifications.






50. Emotional urges behind human activity The psychiatrist maintained that suppression of the ________ often resulted in maladjustment and neuroses.







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