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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Striker (tongue) of a bell - Wishing to be undisturbed by the bell - Dale wound his scarf around the ________ to muffle its striking.






2. Pertaining to an injury caused by violence In his nightmares - he kept on recalling the ________ experience of being wounded in battle.






3. Border upon; adjoin Where our estates ________ - we must build a fence.






4. Filled to capacity; abundantly supplied The book is ________ with humorous situations.






5. Not effective; weak Because the candidate failed to get across his message to the public - his campaign was ________.






6. Unity of pitch; complete accord The choir sang in ________.






7. Businessperson; contractor Opponents of our present tax program argue that it discourages ________s from trying new fields of business activity.






8. Clowning John Candy's ________ in Uncle Buck was hilarious.






9. Curved - hooked He can be recognized by his ________ nose - curved like the beak of the eagle.






10. Motivate I fail to understand what ________d you to reply to this letter so nastily.






11. Overseer of morals; person who eliminates inappropriate matter - Soldiers dislike having their mail read by a ________ but understand the need for this precaution.






12. Divine gift; great popular charm or appeal - Political commentators have deplored the importance of a candidate's ________ in these days of television campaigning.






13. Pertaining to the physical senses; operating through the senses He was stimulated by the sights - sounds and smells about him; he was enjoying his ________ experience.






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






15. Small stream As the rains continued - the trickle of water running down the hillside grew into a ________ that threatened to wash away a portion of the slope.






16. Large sailing ship The Spaniards pinned their hopes on the ________ - the large warship; the British - on the smaller and faster pinnace.






17. Used to prevent disease Despite all ________ measures introduced by the authorities - the epidemic raged until cool weather set in.






18. Offensive or insulting treatment Although he seemed to accept cheerfully the ________(ies) heaped upon him - he was inwardly very angry.






19. Violent anguish The ________ of despair can be as devastating as the spasms accompanying physical pain.






20. Significance I feel that you have not grasped the full ________ of the message sent tous by the enemy.






21. Loathe; hate Moses scolded the idol worshippers in the tribe because he ________d the custom.






22. Cater to the low desires of others The reviewer accused the makers of Lethal Weapon of ________ing to the masses' taste of violence.






23. Healthful Many people with hay fever move to more ________ sections of the country during the months of August and September.






24. Pollute The sewage system of the city so ________d the water that swimming was forbidden.






25. Hesitant; faltering Novice extemporaneous speakers often talk in a ________ fashion as they grope for the right words.






26. Stuffy; boringly conservative For a young person - Winston seems remarkably ________: you'd expect someone of his age to have a little more life.






27. Person who turns animal hides into leather Using a solution of tanbark - the ________ treated the cowhide - transforming it into supple leather.






28. Witty thought or saying - usually short Poor Richard's ________s made Benjamin Franklin famous.






29. Insurmountable; invincible In the face of ________ difficulties they maintained their courage and will to resist.






30. Penitent Her ________ tears did not influence the judge when he imposed sentence.






31. Disentangle; solve With equal ease Miss Marple ________ed tangled balls of yarn and baffling murder mysteries.






32. Practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with the practical worth or impact of something This coming trip to France should provide me with a ________ test of the value of my conversational French class.






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






34. Doubt; challenge; gainsay I cannot ________ your honesty without evidence.






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






36. Saturate - fill His visits to the famous Gothic cathedrals ________d him with feelings of awe and reverence.






37. Operatic solo At her Metropolitan Opera audition - Marian Anderson sang an ________ from Norma.






38. Headlong; rash Do not be ________ in this matter; investigate further.






39. Eat away The limestone was ________d by the dripping water






40. Pompous - inflated language Filled with ________ - the orator's speech left the audience more impressed with his pomposity than with his logic.






41. Having minute hairs - The paramecium is a ________ - one-celled animal.






42. Having to do with predicting the future In interpreting Pharaoh's ________ dream - Joseph said that the seven fat cows eaten by the seven lean cows represented seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine.






43. Cheerfulness; kindliness; sympathy This restaurant is famous and popular because of the ________ of the proprietor - who tries to make everyone happy.






44. Opening; hole She discovered a small ________ in the wall - through which the insects had entered the room.






45. Stupid - awkward person He called the unfortunate waiter a clumsy ________.






46. Beginning; origin Tracing the ________ of a family is the theme of "Roots."






47. Infinite Human beings - having explored the far corners of the earth - are now reaching out into ________ space.






48. Questioner (specially harsh); investigator Fearing being grilled ruthlessly by the secret police - Marsha faced her ________s with trepidation.






49. Advanced in development By her rather adult manner of discussing serious topics - the child demonstrated that she was ________.






50. Unconscious; unresponsive Sherry and I are very different; at times when I would be covered with embarrassment - she seems ________ to shame.