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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Pull away; take by violence. With only ten seconds left to play - our team _________ed victory from their grasp.






2. Force or push out Much pressure is required to ________ these plastics.






3. Quality of being unsophisticated I cannot believe that such ________ is unassumed in a person of her age and experience.






4. Substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness His monotonous voice acted like an ________; his audience was soon asleep.






5. Kindle; light When Desi crooned - "Baby - light my fire -" literal-minded Lucy looked around for some paper to ________.






6. Tiresome dwelling on a subject After he had reminded me several times about what he had done for me I told him to stop his ________ on my indebtedness to him.






7. Elastic; having the power of springing back Highly ________ - steel makes excellent bedsprings.






8. Retort; comeback; reply When someone has been rude to me - I find it particularly satisfying to come up with a quick ________.






9. Slang In the ________ of the underworld - she "was taken for a ride."






10. Pertaining to a germ; creative Such an idea is ________; I am certain that it will influence thinkers and philosophers for many generations.






11. Beyond that which is normal in nature John's mother's total ability to tell when he was lying struck him as almost ________.






12. Calm; not easily disturbed The nurse was a cheerful but ________ person - unexcited in the face of sudden emergencies.






13. Wild At the time of the collision - many people became ________ with fear.






14. Distress; suffering After all the trials and ________s we have gone through - we need this rest.






15. Prescribed diet and habits I doubt whether the results warrant our living under such a strict ________.






16. Private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy - At the opening of Congress the members of the Democratic Party held a ________ to elect the majority leader of the House and the party whip.






17. Artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water In times of drought - this ________ enables farmers to obtain water for irrigation.






18. Condescend He felt that he would debase himself if he ________ed to answer his critics.






19. Changeable; faithless He discovered his supposedly faithful girlfriend was ________.






20. Timely; well chosen You have come at an ________ moment for I need a new secretary.






21. Brilliant; lustrous The toreador wore a ________ costume called a suit of lights.






22. Vain about dress and appearance He tried to imitate the ________ manner of the young men of the court.






23. Bottomless His arrogance is exceeded only by his ________ ignorance.






24. Command; order; forbid The owners of the company asked the court to ________ the union from picketing the plant.






25. Narrow valley with steep sides Steeper than a gully - less precipitous than a canyon - a ________ is - like them - the product of years of erosion.






26. Teasing conversation Her friends at work greeted the news of her engagement with cheerful ________.






27. Uneasiness; distress She felt a sudden vague ________ when she heard sounds at the door.






28. Foul; rotten; decayed The gangrenous condition of the wound was indicated by the ________ smell when the bandages were removed.






29. Record of descent; lineage He was proud of his genealogy and constantly referred to the achievements of his ancestors.






30. Fertile; abundant; ornate Farming was easy in this ________ soil.






31. Pertaining to conversational or common speech Your use of ________ expressions in a formal essay such as the one you have presented spoils the effect you hope to achieve.






32. Decisive; ending all debate When the stolen books turned up in John's locker - we finally had ________ evidence of the identity of the mysterious thief.






33. Picture writing The discovery of the Rosetta Stone enabled scholars to read the ancient Egyptian ________.






34. Boldness; rashness Do you have the ________ to argue with me?






35. Revengeful She was very ________ and never forgave an injury.






36. A doctor who treats mental diseases A ________ often needs long conferences with his patient before a diagnosis can be made.






37. Scarcity The ________ of skilled labor compelled the employers to open trade schools.






38. Brawl; melee The military police stopped the ________ in the bar and arrested the belligerents.






39. False; counterfeit; forged; illogical The hero of Jonathan Gash's mystery novels is an antique dealer who gives the reader advice on how to tell ________ antiques from the real things.






40. In essence; for practical purposes She is a ________ financial wizard when it comes to money matters.






41. Infallibly My teacher ________ pounced on the one typographical error in my essay.






42. Direct financial aid by government - etc. Without this ________ - American ship operators would not be able to compete in world markets.






43. Solemn urging Her ________ to tell the truth did not change the witnesses' testimony.






44. Drink greedily Singing - "Yo - ho - ho - and a bottle of rum -" Long John Silver and his fellow pirates ________ed their grog.






45. Treacherous; stealthy; sly The fifth column is ________ because it works secretly within our territory for our defeat.






46. Eager enthusiasm. Wang's _________ was contagious; soon all his fellow students were busily making posters - inspired by his ardent enthusiasm for the cause.






47. Period of equal days and nights; the beginning of spring and autumn The vernal ________ is usually marked by heavy rainstorms.






48. Squirm - twist. He was _________(ing - no e) in pain - desperate for the drug his body required.






49. Treacherous plot Brutus and Cassius joined in the ________ to kill Julius Caesar.






50. Cheerful promptness He demonstrated his eagerness to serve by his ________ in executing the orders of his master.