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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Pertaining to marriage After the publication of his book on ________ affairs - he was often consulted by married people on the verge of divorce.






2. Crisis;joining point At this critical ________ - let us think carefully before determining the course we shall follow.






3. Untarnished I am happy that my reputation is ________.






4. Loyalty A dog's ________ to its owner is one of the reasons why that animal is a favorite household pet.






5. Contradict; oppose: infringe on or transgress Mr. Barrett did not expect his frail daughter Elizabeth to ________ his will by eloping with Robert Browning.






6. Disguise; pretend Even though John tried to ________ his motive for taking modern dance - we all knew there not to dance but to meet girls.






7. Discord Some contemporary musicians deliberately use ________ to achieve certain effects.






8. Gold and silver in the form of bars Much ________ is stored in the vaults at Fort Knox.






9. Purify; refine; concentrate A moonshiner distills mash into whiskey; an epigrammatist ________ thoughts into quips.






10. Point of origin; array of numbers or algebraic symbols; mold or die Some historians claim the Nile Valley was the ________ of the Western civilization.






11. Pertaining to fishing He spent many happy hours at the lake in his ________ activities.






12. Darken; extinguish; surpass The new stock market high ________d the previous record set in 1985.






13. Questionable medicine No quack selling ________s is going to cheat me.






14. Positive; arbitrary Do not be so ________ about that statement; it can be easily refuted.






15. Taking up again; recommencement During the summer break - Don had not realized how much he missed university life: at the ________ of classes - however - he felt marked excitement and pleasure.






16. Pollute; profane The hoodlums ________d the church with their scurrilous writing.






17. Fearful; demonstrating fear His ________ manner betrayed the fear he felt at the moment.






18. Denounce; utter censure or invective He ________ed against the demagoguery of the previous speaker and urged that the audience reject his philosophy as dangerous.






19. Not developed; elementary His dancing was limited to a few ________ steps.






20. Repetition of beginning sound in poetry "The furrow followed free" is an example of ________.






21. Pretend He ________med sickness to get out of going to school.






22. Ardent Her ________ enthusiasm inspired all of us to undertake the dangerous mission.






23. Petty details She would have liked to ignore the ________ of daily living.






24. Supporting bar The engineer calculated that the ________ supporting the rafter needed to be reinforced.






25. Stopping - The workers threatened a ________ of all activities if their demands were not met.






26. Destroy completely The tidal wave ________d several island villages.






27. Trivial; unimportant; very small She had no major complaints to make about his work - only a few ________ quibbles that were almost too minor to state.






28. Equality; close resemblance I find your analogy inaccurate because I do not see the ________ between the two illustrations.






29. Whim - She was an unpredictable creature - acting on ________ - never taking thought of the consequences.






30. Slanderous remark Do not cast ________s on her character.






31. Truthfulness Trying to prove Hill a liar - Senator Spector repeatedly questioned her ________.






32. Frenzy; great excitement The story of her embezzlement of the funds created a ________ on the stock exchange.






33. Contrast In "Star Wars -" dark - evil Darth Vader is a perfect ________ for fair-haired - naive Luke Skywalker.






34. Slovenly; untidy She tried to change her ________ image by buying a fashionable new wardrobe.






35. Language used by special group; gibberish We tried to understand the ________ of the peddlers in the market place but could not find any basis for comprehension.






36. Easily deceived He preyed upon ________ people - who believed his stories of easy wealth.






37. Settle a dispute through the services of an outsider Let us ________ out differences rather than engage in a costly strike.






38. Beg He ________d her to give him a second chance.






39. Flat plain of mud or sand between branches of a river His dissertation discussed the effect of intermittent flooding on the fertility of the Nile ________.






40. Proper; appropriate Lady Bracknell did not think it was ________ for Ernest to lack a proper family; no baby abandoned on a doorstep could grow up to marry her daughter.






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






42. Whirlwind; whirlpool; center of turbulence; predicament into which one is inexorably plunged Sucked into the ________ of the tornado - Dorothy and Toto were carried from Kansas to Oz.






43. Supporter The congressman received hundreds of letters from angry ________s after the Equal Rights Amendment failed to pass.






44. Tightly packed; firm; brief His short - ________ body was better suited to wrestling than to basketball.






45. Debauched person - roue Although she was aware of his reputation as a ________ - she felt she could reform him and help him break his dissolute way of life.






46. Created by statute or legislative action The judicial courts review and try ________ crimes.






47. Fairness; justice Our courts guarantee ________ to all.






48. Nearness; kinship Their relationship could not be explained as being based on mere ________: they were more than relatives; they were true friends.






49. Confuse The teacher's sudden question ________ed him and he stammered his reply.






50. Block legislation by making long speeches Even though we disapproved of Senator Foghorn's political goals - we were impressed by his ability to ________ endlessly to keep an issue from coming to a vote.