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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Unfavorable; hostile ________ circumstances compelled him to close his business.






2. Sensitive; irascible Do not discuss this phase of the problem as he is very ________ about it.






3. Surround Although we were ________ed by enemy forces - we were cheerful for we were well stocked and could withstand a siege until our allies joined us.






4. Talk at length At this time - please give us a brief resume of your work; we shall permit you to ________ later.






5. Shell or jewel carved in relief - Tourists are advised not to purchase ________s from the street peddlers of Rome who sell poor specimens of the carver's art.






6. Cowlike; placid and dull Nothing excites Esther; even when she won the state lottery - she still preserved her air of ________ calm.






7. Treacherous; disloyal When Caesar realized that Brutus had betrayed him - he reproached his ________ friend.






8. Art of debate I am not skilled in ________ and therefore - cannot answer your arguments as forcefully as I wish.






9. Interfering He felt his marriage was suffering because of his ________ mother-in-law.






10. Very bad The anecdote was in ________ taste and shocked the audience.






11. Faultless He was proud of his ________ manners.






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






13. Painful labor How long do you think a man can endure such ________ and degradation without rebelling?






14. Patience We must use ________ in dealing with him because he is still weak from his illness.






15. Draw; outline; describe Parodoxically - the more realistic the details this artist chooses - the better able to ________ her fantastic - other- worldly landscapes.






16. Movable; not fixed The ________ blood bank operated by the Red Cross visited our neighborhood today.






17. Not spacious; inconvenient In their ________ quarters - they had to improvise for closet space.






18. Write; compose Cyrano ________d many letters for Christian.






19. Imaginary land with perfect social and political system Shangri-la was the name of James Hilton's Tibetan ________.






20. Increase How can we hope to ________ our forces when our allies are deserting us?






21. Motherly Many animals display ________ instincts only while their offspring are young and helpless.






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






23. Charmingly carefree; simple Far from the city - she led an ________ existence in her rural retreat.






24. Green coating on copper which has been exposed to the weather Despite all attempts to protect the statue from the elements - it became coated with ________.






25. Cloyingly sweet She tried to ingratiate herself - speaking sweetly and smiling a ________ smile.






26. Curse Roused from the bed at what he considered an ungodly hour - Roy muttered ________s under his breath.






27. Quantity of motion of a moving body; impetus The car lost ________ as it tried to ascend the steep hill.






28. Stikingly bright; shining with intense heat If you leave on an ________light bulb - it quickly grows too hot to touch.






29. Harmony; agreement In ________ with our rules and regulations - I am calling a meeting of our organization.






30. Tranquil; steady; uniform After the hot summers and cold winters of New England - he found the climate of the West Indies ________ and pleasant.






31. Sharp upslope of a hill The car could not go up the ________ in high gear.






32. Darken; make unclear At times he seemed purposely to ________ his meaning - preferring mystery to clarity.






33. Tasty; pleasing - attractive - or agreeable Julia Child's recipes enable amateur chefs to create ________ delicacies for their guests.






34. Hardened; unfeeling - He had worked in the hospital for so many years that he was ________ to the suffering in the wards.






35. Ease; lessen(pain) Your messages of cheer should ________ her suffering.






36. Generous; showing bounty She distributed gifts in a ________ and gracious manner.






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






38. Grow forth; send out buds - In the spring - the plants that ________ are a promise of the beauty that is to come.






39. Blunt; stupid Because he was so ________ - he could not follow the teacher's reasoning and asked foolish questions.






40. Slingshot; hurling machine - Airplanes are sometimes launched from battleships by ________s.






41. Parched; dry After the unseasonably dry winter the Berkeley hills looked dusty and ________.






42. Aqueduct; passageway for fluids Water was brought to the army in the desert by an improvised ________ from the adjoining mountain.






43. Bravery; courage He was awarded the medal for his ________ in the battle.






44. Sociable Typically - party-throwers are ________; hermits are not.






45. Plunder The enemy pillaged the quiet ________ and left it in ruins.






46. Spotted The sunlight filtering though the screens created a ________ effect on the wall.






47. Sorcery; magic. Merlin amazed the knights with his _________.






48. Unwilingness Some mornings I feel a great ________ to get out of bed.






49. Self-governing This island is a colony; however - in most matters - it is ________ and receives no orders from the mother country.






50. Stir up; disturb Her fiery remarks ________d the already angry mob.