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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Obscene; indecent Your ________ remarks are especially offensive because they are untrue.
scurrilous
stipend
inured
harass
2. Respectful; obedient The ________ child grew up to be a conscientious adult aware of his civic obligations.
dutiful
connoisseur
axiom
assuage
3. Stubborn; persistent He is bound to succeed because his ________ nature will not permit him to quit.
falter
penitent
juggernaut
pertinacious
4. Beauty; comeliness I do not envy the judges who have to select this year's Miss America from this collection of female ________.
pulchritude
impenitent
suffragist
belittle
5. Uprightness He was renowned for his ________ and integrity.
vernal
misconstrue
rectitude
imperturbable
6. Fickle; incalculable - The storm was ________ and changed course constantly.
nomadic
spurn
sluggish
capricious
7. Mournful The ________ howling of the dogs added to our sadness.
dictum
lugubrious
subliminal
apex
8. Stir up anger; cause retaliation In order to prevent a sudden outbreak of hostilities - we must not ________ our foe.
recumbent
provoke
touchy
amiss
9. Easily deceived He preyed upon ________ people - who believed his stories of easy wealth.
pyre
gullible
blighted
concise
10. Tasty; pleasing - attractive - or agreeable Julia Child's recipes enable amateur chefs to create ________ delicacies for their guests.
negligence
preposterous
savory
plutocracy
11. Intention; meaning If the ________ of your speech was to arouse the rabble - you succeeded admirably.
brawn
purport
manifest
buttress
12. Malleability; flexibility; ability to be drawn out Copper wire has many industrial uses because of its extreme ________.
ductility
advocate
epilogue
antediluvian
13. Dig up; unearth They ________red the body and held an autopsy.
disinter
canny
stint
incommodious
14. Join together - unite. I don't wish to be yoked to him in marriage - as if we were cattle pulling a plow.
wizardry
yoke
ignite
swelter
15. Porous; allowing passage through Glass is ________ to light.
permeable
witless
perquisite
deface
16. Postpone; delay It is wise not to ________; otherwise - we find ourselves bogged down in a mass of work that should have been finished long ago.
compatible
inaugurate
procrastinate
slacken
17. Taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax) Because the new pension law was ________ to the first of the year - even though Martha had retired in February she was eligible for the pension.
meditation
retroactive
eulogistic
deranged
18. Scatter; drive away; cause to vanish The bright sunlight eventually ________led the morning mist.
dispel
jovial
obviate
approbation
19. Appropriate; fitting He was always able to find the ________ phrase - the correct expression for every occasion.
apposite
aureole
licentious
benefactor
20. Cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven As bread dough is ________ed - it puffs up - expanding in volume.
extradition
pacifist
leaven
jocund
21. Discipline; punish in order to correct - Whom God loves - God ________s.
chasten
antagonistic
outspoken
coercion
22. Pleasant; friendly My father loved to go out for a meal with ________ companions.
emulate
bicker
relish
congenial
23. Balance After the divorce - he needed some time to regain his ________.
braggart
raiment
equilibrium
conviction
24. Speechless; producing indistinct speech He became ________ with rage and uttered sounds without meaning.
inundate
embryonic
inarticulate
turpitude
25. Worldly as opposed to spiritual He was concerned only with ________ matters - especially the daily stock market quotations.
skittish
plauditory
mundane
punitive
26. Instruct; correct morally Although his purpose was to ________ and not to entertain his audience - many of his listeners were amused and not enlightened.
deviate
resumption
edify
complement
27. Enormously large or extensive The government seemed willing to spend ________ sums on weapons development.
hackles
blase
astronomical
apathy
28. Simultaneous firing or outburs (of missiles - questions - etc.) Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture concludes with a thunderous ________ of cannon fire.
revelry
fusilade
expedite
giddy
29. Repay in kind If they attack us - we shall be compelled to ________ and bomb their territory.
beatific
reciprocate
impair
cognizance
30. Brawl; melee The military police stopped the ________ in the bar and arrested the belligerents.
fracas
shimmer
lull
metaphor
31. Brutal deed In time of war - many ________(ies) are committed by invading armies.
vigilance
atrocity
sequester
capacious
32. Perfectionist; person who insists things be exactly right The Internal Revenue Service agent was a ________ for accuracy; no approximations or rough estimates would satisfy him.
chassis
supplant
stickler
permeable
33. Existing at the beginning (of time); rudimentary The Neanderthal Man is one of our ________ ancestors.
hypercritical
parry
rampart
primordial
34. Isolation of a person - place - or ship to prevent spread of infection We will have to place this house under ________ until we determine the nature of the disease.
tantamount
grouse
quarantine
pandemonium
35. Conceited smile Wipe that ________ off your face!
incumbent
exalt
expedient
smirk
36. Infringe; touch; collide with How could they be married without ________ing on one another's freedom?
ostracize
impinge
microcosm
desiccate
37. Absurd; ridiculous When the candidate tried to downplay his youthful experiments with marijuana by saying he hadn't inhaled -we all thought - "What a ________ excuse!"
remorse
anathema
preposterous
affinity
38. Guilt; self-reproach The murderer felt no ________ for his crime.
parody
misogamy
remorse
facilitate
39. Denounce; utter censure or invective He ________ed against the demagoguery of the previous speaker and urged that the audience reject his philosophy as dangerous.
orientation
ingenuous
miasma
inveigh
40. Untidy Your ________ appearance will hurt your chances in this interview.
check
disheveled
reparation
pachyderm
41. Friendly; aiming to please The ________ youth was liked by all who met him - because of his cheerful and obliging manner.
excoriate
titillate
debonair
fecundity
42. Eat away The limestone was ________d by the dripping water
rejoinder
epoch
disinclination
erode
43. Very poor person Though Widow Brown was living on a reduced income - she was by no means a ________.
ape
pauper
inveigh
vainglorious
44. Distance around something; circunference It took an extra-large cummerbund to fit around Andrew Carnegie's considerable ________.
scapegoat
lassitude
girth
apathetic
45. Impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious Experienced poker players try to keep their expressions ________ - hiding their reactions to the cards behind a so-called poker face.
maladroit
knotty
inscrutable
venial
46. Reckon; calculate He failed to ________ the interest - so his bank balance was not accurate.
mimicry
abrogate
fecundity
compute
47. Unselfishly generous; concerned for others In providing tutorial assistance and college scholarships to hundreds of economically disadvantaged youths - Eugene Lang performed a truly ________ deed.
altruistic
universal
dilatory
levitate
48. Gloomy Do not be misled by his ________ countenance; he is not as gloomy as he looks.
squander
saturnine
ravenous
pedant
49. A facial distortion to show feeling such as pain - disgust - etc. Even though he remained silent - his ________ indicated his displeasure.
purgatory
surfeit
portent
grimace
50. Young wolf - dog - tiger - etc. This collie ________ won't do for breeding - but he'd make a fine pet.
whelp
dinghy
apparition
diurnal