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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Propriety; seemliness Shocked by the unruly behavior - the teacher criticized the class for its lack of ________.
decorum
flout
lethargic
discretion
2. Study of word parts A knowledge of ________ can help you on many English tests.
tarry
ineffectual
etymology
lax
3. Gradual intrusion The ________ of the factories upon the neighborhood lowered the value of the real estate.
adamant
syllogism
encroachment
igneous
4. Tendency to keep together A firm believer in the maxim "Divide and conquer -" the emperor - by lies and trickery - sought to disrupt the ________ of the free nations.
cohesion
mercantile
vampire
converse
5. Set of bells capable of being played - The carillon in the bell tower of the Coca-Cola pavilion at the New York World's Fair provided musical entertainment every hour.
distortion
carillon
implausible
devolve
6. Eye defect that prevents proper focus As soon as his parents discovered that the boy suffered from ________ - they took him to the optometrist for corrective glasses.
inarticulate
astigmatism
oscillate
inscrutable
7. Conceited person A ________ is his own best friend.
import
disgorge
colloquy
narcissist
8. Examine in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order They ________d the newly found manuscripts to determine their age.
collate
exemplary
agape
amicable
9. Incipient; coming into being If we could identify these revolutionary movements in their ________ state - we would be able to eliminate serious trouble in later years.
enormity
repudiate
boon
nascent
10. Dominance - especially of one nation over others As one Eastern European nation after another declared its independence - commentators marveled at the sudden breakdown of the once monolithic Soviet ________.
mediate
symmetry
irreparable
hegemony
11. Brighten; clear up or make understandable; enlighten Just as a lamp can ________ a dark room - a perceptive comment can illuminate a knotty problem.
edify
inconsistency
indicative
illuminate
12. Controversy; argument in support of point of view Her essays were - for the main part - ________s for the party's policy.
incantation
rummage
jargon
polemic
13. Make impure by mixing with baser substances It is a crime to ________ foods without informing the buyer.
compact
adulterate
indissoluble
impotent
14. Relating to space It is difficult to visualize the ________ extent of our universe.
lechery
commiserate
integral
spatial
15. Stocky; short and thick Tolkien's hobbits are somewhat ________ - sturdy little creatures - fond of good ale - good music - and good food.
oratorio
import
squat
festive
16. Addition of details; intricacy Tell what happened simply - without any ________.
amulet
ashen
elaboration
dissimulate
17. Severe trial or affliction Terry Anderson spoke movingly of his long ________ as a hostage in Lebanon.
rend
ordeal
wangle
carapace
18. Self-governing This island is a colony; however - in most matters - it is ________ and receives no orders from the mother country.
whorl
autonomous
mote
tonic
19. Malicious misrepresentation - He could endure his financial failure - but he could not bear the ________ that his foes heaped upon him.
deft
calumny
saturnine
undermine
20. Reddish; healthy-looking His ________ features indicated that he had spent much time in the open.
paucity
stipend
ruddy
unwonted
21. Likely to change; unstable Because the hormonal changes they undergo affect their spirits - adolescents may become emotionally ________ and experience sudden shifts of mood.
labile
assessment
cadence
dissimulate
22. Sticky - gluey Melted tar is a ________ substance.
kudos
viscous
carcinogenic
proclivity
23. Punish - I must ________ you for this offense.
depose
chastise
hoard
temerity
24. Outcry When her purse was snatched - she raised such a ________ and cry that the thief was captured.
verge
remiss
incendiary
hue
25. Legal delay of payment If we declare a ________ and delay collection of debts for six months - I am sure the farmers will be able to meet their bills.
finicky
moratorium
fester
gratuity
26. Discord Some contemporary musicians deliberately use ________ to achieve certain effects.
dissonance
intersperse
disavowal
exploit
27. Insert improperly; palm off I will not permit you to ________ such ridiculous ideas upon the membership of this group.
foist
irascible
atavism
polyglot
28. Not developed; elementary His dancing was limited to a few ________ steps.
rudimentary
amoral
muddle
compendium
29. Half-human - half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus - portrayed as wanton and cunning He was like a ________ in his lustful conduct.
engross
dilate
malign
satyr
30. Slang In the ________ of the underworld - she "was taken for a ride."
mentor
rile
argot
misgivings
31. Fight The captain tried to ascertain the cause of the ________ that had broken out among the crew members.
melee
illusive
alluvial
conclave
32. Combination (of two business corporations) When the firm's president married the director of financial planning - the office joke was that it wasn't a marriage - it was a ________.
merger
sybarite
heedless
purveyor
33. Opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed The player was afraid to accept his opponent's ________ because he feared a trap which as yet he could not see.
gambit
flaccid
wanton
inopportune
34. Binding; rigid I think these regulations are too ________.
stringent
wax
canto
sloth
35. Humorous; jocular Your ________ remarks are not appropriate at this serious moment.
zenith
expedite
facetious
prehensile
36. Precede The invention of the radiotelegraph ________d the development of television by a quarter of a century.
antecede
mayhem
inanimate
fecundity
37. Not penetrable; not permitting passage through You cannot change their habits for their minds are ________ to reasoning.
deplore
impervious
pragmatic
heresy
38. Split; tear apart In his grief - he tried to ________ his garments.
rend
braggadocio
disapprobation
gainsay
39. Breathing; exhalation The doctor found that the patient's years of smoking had adversely affected both his lung capacity and his rate of ________.
stifle
resilient
retrieve
respiration
40. A tendency to disbelief Your ________ in the face of all the evidence is hard to understand.
summation
incredulity
quorum
bogus
41. Winding; bending in and out; not morally honest The snake moved in a ________ manner.
enmity
misanthrope
sinuous
transient
42. Many-colored Without her glasses - Gretchen saw the fields of tulips as a ________ blur.
wane
variegated
jingoism
opulence
43. Going from one state of action to another During the period of ________ from oil heat to gas heat - the furnace will have to be shut off.
precursor
brochure
retrench
transition
44. Free; disentangle He found that he could not ________ himself from the trap.
epithet
extricate
swelter
decimate
45. Hint She ________d rather than stated her preferences.
constraint
recrimination
sartorial
intimate
46. Lacking caution; injudicious It is ________ to exercise vigorously and become overheated when you are unwell.
philanthropist
perimeter
perversion
imprudent
47. Denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius) On the ________ thermometer - the freezing point of water is zero degrees.
attrition
centigrade
foible
recuperate
48. Unbeliever The Saracens made war against tne ________s.
subjugate
bovine
belligerent
infidel
49. Calming drug or influence It is dangerous to drive after taking the ________; it brings drowsiness.
sedative
prodigal
ordain
incidence
50. Vertebrate animal whose female suckles its young Many people regard the whale as a fish and do not realize that it is a ________.
superficial
magnate
mammal
invert