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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Slaughterhouse; scene of carnage By the time the police arrived - the room was a shambles.
elusive
shambles
mode
exertion
2. Please intensely The audience was ________d by the freshness of the voices and the excellent orchestration.
gratuitous
acidulous
enrapture
concur
3. Clumsy; bungling In his usual ________ way - he managed to upset the cart and spill the food.
maladroit
ichthyology
rostrum
polity
4. Exact If you don't give me ________ directions and a map - I'll never find your place.
equanimity
precise
graduated
clime
5. Compose on the spur of the moment She would sit at the piano and ________ for hours on themes from Bach and Handel.
improvise
minute
prelude
feasible
6. Former occupant of a post I hope I can live up to the fine example set by my late ________in this office.
ramble
predecessor
engross
exhort
7. Changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly The political climate today is extremely ________: no one can predict what the electorate will do next.
volatile
dynamic
venturesome
mincing
8. Disconnected His remarks were so ________ that we could not follow his reasoning.
reconnaissance
disjointed
convert
oratorio
9. Bitterness; nerve The knowledge of his failure filled him with ________.
chauvinist
deluge
gall
rancid
10. Waste He could not apply himself to any task and ________ed away his time in idle conversation.
integral
subaltern
conifer
fritter
11. Roundness; sonorousness of speech Washington Irving emphasized the ________ of the governor by describing his height and circumference.
rotundity
regale
roseate
stultify
12. Condescend He felt that he would debase himself if he ________ed to answer his critics.
precipitate
muse
deign
stanch
13. Shameless boldness She had the ________ to insult the guest.
brazen
effrontery
garrulous
inevitable
14. Study of artifacts and relics of early mankind The professor of ________ headed an expedition to the Gobi Desert in search of ancient ruins.
archaeology
bungle
empathy
regicide
15. Noise - The ________ of the children at play outside made it impossible for her to take a nap.
clamor
don
demeanor
retrospective
16. Twisted; with a humorous twist.We enjoy Dorothy Parker's verse for its _________ wit.
fetter
combustible
episodic
wry
17. Childish His ________ pranks sometimes offended his more mature friends.
deposition
puerile
extrovert
jaundiced
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.
malign
expurgate
somnambulist
libertine
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.
gibe
effusion
panacea
cascade
20. Weaken; sap The recent corruption scandals have ________d many people's faith in the city government.
taciturn
undermine
chagrin
parry
21. Dilemma When the two colleges to which he had applied accepted him - he was in a ________ as to which one he should attend.
humane
dispirited
maternal
quandary
22. Express; utter He ________ed his wrath on his class.
firebrand
vent
candor
mode
23. Changing in form; fickle His opinion were ________ and easily influenced by anyone who had any powers of persuasion.
mutable
dissuade
sanguine
aggrandize
24. Calm; not easily disturbed The nurse was a cheerful but ________ person - unexcited in the face of sudden emergencies.
phlegmatic
prehensile
jeopardy
aristocracy
25. Supporter; follower In the wake of the scandal - the senator's one-time ________ quietly deserted him.
contest
queue
adherent
demolition
26. Environment; means of expression His ________ is watercolors - although he has produced excellent oil paintings and lithographs.
ramshackle
milieu
virtual
verve
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.
caprice
distortion
laborious
improvident
28. Use of force They forced him to obey - but only by great ________.
anathematize
coercion
adventitious
maniacal
29. Make less concentrated; reduce in strength She preferred her coffee ________d with milk.
dilute
heckler
exposure
reactionary
30. Fear of being locked in - His fellow classmates laughed at his ________ and often threatened to lock him in his room.
jaunt
consanguinity
attribute
claustrophobia
31. Prohibit; restrain The child was not ________ed in her responses.
inhibit
sacrosanct
molecule
mores
32. Flair; flamboyance Many performers imitate Noel Coward - but few have his ________ and sense of style.
panache
distend
apprehend
utopia
33. Enthusiastic applause When Placido Domingo came on stage in the first act of La Boheme - he was greeted by a tremendous ________.
disconcolate
ovation
diverse
philanthropist
34. Indirect or roundabout expression - He was afraid to call spade a spade and resorted to ________s to avoid direct reference to his subject.
impetuous
buttress
anomaly
circumlocution
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.
gouge
finite
artless
chronic
36. Sum; total The ________ wealth of this country is staggering to the imagination.
hatch
histrionic
enigmatic
aggregate
37. Ghastly She shuddered at the ________ sight.
listless
infinitesimal
qualms
grisly
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.
tumult
garrulous
equestrian
atavism
39. Replace; usurp Corazon Aquino ________ed Ferdinand Marcos as president of the Philippines.
consistency
iconoclastic
titanic
supplant
40. Yellowed; prejudiced; envious She gazed at the painting with ________ eyes; she knew it was better than hers.
prate
integral
jaundiced
hindrance
41. Drug that relieves pain; opiate His pain was so great that no ________ could relieve it.
anodyne
alienate
charlatan
remediable
42. Lose animation; lose strength In stories - lovelorn damsels used to ________ and pine away.
languish
odyssey
destitute
bestial
43. Frustrate; perplex The new code ________d the enemy agents.
baffle
minatory
amplify
annuity
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.
transparent
disgruntle
austerity
garner
45. Unavoidable Death and taxes are both ________.
touchstone
inevitable
dowdy
agitate
46. Tight; ready The captain maintained that he ran a ________ ship.
objective
hardy
taut
encumber
47. Violate; desecrate Tourists are urged not to ________ the sanctity of holy places by wearing improper garb.
reprimand
unconscionable
profane
skirmish
48. Practical This is an entirely ________ proposal. I suggest we adopt it.
expository
feasible
repugnance
deflect
49. Work of art put together from fragments Scraps of cloth - paper doilies - and old photographs all went into her ________.
vicarious
oblique
collage
tarantula
50. Differing; deviating The two witnesses presented the jury with remarkably ________ accounts of the same epipode.
nadir
tonsure
writ
divergent