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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Grow tiresome The study of word lists can eventually ________ and put one to sleep.






2. Firm grasp or footing The mountaineer struggled to get a proper ________ on the slippery rock.






3. Predict I ________ disaster unless we change our wasteful ways.






4. Obedient; easily managed As ________ as he seems today - that old lion was once a ferocious - snarling beast.






5. Irresistible crushin force Nothing could survive in the path of the ________.






6. Ceremony conferring holy orders The candidate for ________ had to meet with the bishop and the diocean officers before being judged ready to be ordained a deacon.






7. Features - especially of the face She quickly sketched the ________ of his face.






8. Private; peculiar to an individual Such behavior is ________ - it is as easily identifiable as a signature.






9. Profane; impious The people in the room were shocked by his his ________ language.






10. Entice; attract ________d by the song of the sirens - the helmsman steered the ship toward the reef.






11. Expressiveness; persuasive speech The crowds were stirred by Martin Luther King's ________.






12. Formal praise The modest hero blushed to hear the speakers delivering ________s about his valorous act.






13. Not active; acted upon Mahatma Gandhi urged his followers to pursue a program of ________ resistance as he felt that it was more effective than violence and acts of terrorism.






14. Monumental tomb His body was placed in the family ________.






15. Undertaker The ________ prepared the corpse for burial.






16. Disloyal Once the most loyal of Gorbachev's supporters - Shverdnaze found himself becoming increasingly ________.






17. Recover; find and bring in The dog was intelligent and quickly learned to ________ the game killed by the hunter.






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






19. Harmful Smoking cigarettes can be ________ to your health.






20. Uncertain; risky I think this stock is a ________ investment and advise against its purchase.






21. Discourage His failure to pass the bar exam ________ed him.






22. Trying to please; obliging The courtier obeyed the king's orders in a ________ manner.






23. Embarrass - He was not at all ________ed by her open admiration.






24. Emit (odor) The room ________ed with stale tobacco smoke.






25. Maim The torturer threatened to ________ his victim.






26. Stir up a fire; feed plentifully As a Scout - Marisa learned how to light a fire - how to ________ it if it started to die down - and how to extinguish it completely.






27. Neigh like a horse. When he laughed through his nose - it sounded as if he ________(ied).






28. Examine closely and critically Searching for flaws - the sergeant ________d every detail of the private's uniform.






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






30. Stroke; loss of consciousness followed by paralysis He was crippled by an attack of ________.






31. Hostile; opposed Despite his lawyers' best efforts to stop him - the angry prisoner continued to make ________ remarks to the judge.






32. Emancipate; free from bondage Enlightened slave owners were willing to ________ their slaves and thus put an end to the evil slavery in the country.






33. Disdainful; sarcastic; cynical The ________ humor of nightclub comedians who satirize or ridicule patrons in the audience strikes some people as amusing and others as rude.






34. Roll in; indulge in; become helpless. The hippopotamus loves to ________in the mud.






35. Fail completely; sink After hitting the submerged iceberg - the Titanic started taking in water rapidly and soon ________ed.






36. Cut down; economize If they were to be able to send their children to college - they would have to ________.






37. Touchy; peevish The feverish patient was ________ and restless.






38. Lacking in spirit The coach used all the tricks at his command to buoy up the enthusiasm of his team - which I had become ________ at the loss of the star player.






39. Official As his case was transferred from one ________ to another - he began to despair of ever reaching a settlement.






40. Speak equivocally about an issue. When asked directly about the governor's involvement in the savings and loan scandal - the press secretary ________d - talking all around the issue.






41. Person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy You may change your ________ as often as you wish.






42. Origin or source of something I am not interested in its ________; I am more concerned with its usefulness than with its source.






43. Unspontaneous; deliberate; thoughtful Given Jill's previous slights - Jack felt that the omission of his name from the guest list was a ________ insult.






44. Keep; employ Fighting to retain his seat in Congress - Senator Foghorn ________ed a new manager to head his reelection campaign.






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






46. Consecrate The prophet Samuel ________ed David with oil - crowning him king of Israel.






47. Conspicuous; notable; protruding Have you ever noticed that Prince Charles's ________ ears make him resemble the big-eared character in Mad comics?






48. Infamy; vilification He refused to defend himself against the slander and ________ hurled against him by the newspapers; he preferred to rely on his record.






49. Split asunder - The lightening ________s the tree in two.






50. Drunken revel - The party degenerated into an ugly ________.