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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Line They stood patiently in the ________ outside the movie theatre.






2. Thriftless He was constantly being warned to mend his ________ ways and begin to "save for a rainy day."






3. Difference; condition of inequality The ________ in their ages made no difference at all.






4. Substance that prevents infection It is advisable to apply an ________ to any wound - no matter how slight or insignificant.






5. A servile dependent He was always accompanied by several of his ________s because he enjoyed their subservience and flattery.






6. Make whole; combine; make into one unit She tried to ________ all their activities into one program.






7. Aqueduct; passageway for fluids Water was brought to the army in the desert by an improvised ________ from the adjoining mountain.






8. Place over something else Your attempt to ________ another agency in this field will merely increase the bureaucratic nature of our government.






9. Hiding place - The detectives followed the suspects until he led them to the ________ where he had stored his loot.






10. Dwarf; underground spirit In medieval mythology - ________s were the special guardians and inhabitants of subterranean mines.






11. Burn with hot iron or caustic - In order to prevent infection - the doctor ________d the wound.






12. Tendency of a system to maintain relative stability A breakdown of the body's immune system severely undermines the body's ability to maintain ________.






13. Fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal. It is good to have a few _________s in our group for their enthusiasm is contagious.






14. Mongrel; mixed breed Mendel's formula explains the appearance of ________s and pure species in breeding.






15. Deduce; conclude We must be particularly cautious when we ________ that a person is guilty on the basis of circumstantial evidence.






16. Gay; joyous; careless Shelley called the skylark a "________ spirit" because of its happy song.






17. Rule over tyrannically Students prefer teachers who guide - not ones who ________.






18. Temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; platform for execution Before painting the house - the workers put up a ________ to allow them to work on the second story.






19. Played in an abrupt manner; marked by abrupt - sharp sound His ________ speech reminded one of the sound of a machine gun.






20. Having an evil influence; virulent This is a ________ disease; we must have to use drastic measures to stop its spread.






21. Masses of leaves Every autumn before the leaves fell he promised himself he would drive though the New England to admire the colorful fall ________.






22. Roundness; sonorousness of speech Washington Irving emphasized the ________ of the governor by describing his height and circumference.






23. Person wearing tattered clothes He felt sorry for the ________ who was begging for food and gave him money to buy a meal.






24. Bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together The lawyer picked up a ________ of papers as he rose to question the witness.






25. Assumption; postulate Because Jack had based his argument upon a faulty ________ - his opponent cheerfully pointed out the holes in his logic.






26. Clear of charges I hope to ________ my client and return him to society as a free man.






27. Analysis; cutting apart in order to examine The ________ of frogs on the laboratory is particularly unpleasant to some students.






28. Express sympathetic sorrow His friends gathered to ________ with him over his loss.






29. Gentle breeze; west wind. When these _________s blow - it is good to be in an open boat under a full sail.






30. Addition of details; intricacy Tell what happened simply - without any ________.






31. Acquire; take possession of for one's own use The ranch owners ________d the lands that had originally been set aside for the Indians' use.






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






33. Powerful; strong; potent We must keep his friendship for he will make a ________ ally.






34. Unfavorable; hostile ________ circumstances compelled him to close his business.






35. Nook; recess Though their apartment lacked a full-scale dining room - an ________ adjacent to the living room made an adequate breakfast nook for the young couple.






36. Concise; meaty I enjoy reading his essays because they are always compact and ________.






37. Fear A ruler who maintains his power by ________ is bound to develop clandestine resistance.






38. Soak Their clothes were ________d by the rain.






39. Tickle I am here not to ________ my audience but to enlighten it.






40. Mental disorder We must endeavor to find an outlet for the patient's repressed desires if we hope to combat this ________.






41. Support; act superior toward Experts in a field sometimes appear to ________ people who are less knowledgeable of the subject.






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






43. Lack of consistency; difference The police noticed some ________(ies) in his description of the crime and did not believe him.






44. Balance After the divorce - he needed some time to regain his ________.






45. Rejoice We ________ed when our team won the victory.






46. Particular variety of art or literature Both a short story writer and a poet - Langston Hughes proved himself equally skilled in either ________.






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






48. Spoil the effect of; make inoperative Fraud will ________ the contract.






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






50. Truthful I can recommend him for this position because I have always found him ________ and reliable.