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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Act of turning aside; pastime After studying for several hours - he needed a ________ from work.






2. Affecting the sense of taste The Thai restaurant offered an unusual ________ experience for those used in a bland cuisine.






3. Malleability; flexibility; ability to be drawn out Copper wire has many industrial uses because of its extreme ________.






4. Trivial; unimportant; very small She had no major complaints to make about his work - only a few ________ quibbles that were almost too minor to state.






5. Absentminded Because of his concentration on the problem - the professor often appeared ________ and unconcerned about routine.






6. Thrift; economy In these economically difficult days businesses must practice ________ or risk bankruptcy.






7. Hostile feeling or intent The ________ of the speaker became obvious to all when he began to indulge in sarcastic and insulting remarks.






8. Rich - figured fabric The sofa was covered with expensive ________.






9. Pertaining to ships or navigation The Maritime Museum contains many models of clipper ships - logbooks - anchors and many other items of a ________ nature.






10. After death (as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death) The critics ignored his works during his lifetime; it was only after the ________ publication of his last novel that they recognized his great talent.






11. Scoff at The people ________d his grandiose schemes.






12. Stormy; unkind I like to read a good book in ________ weather.






13. Abandon I will ________ my claims to this property if you promise to retain my employees.






14. Amendment or clause added to a legislative bill Senator Foghorn said he would support Senator Filibuster's tax reform bill only if Filibuster agreed to add an antipollution ________ to the bill.






15. Omen; prophecy He interpreted the departures of the birds as an ________ of evil.






16. Element; ingredient I wish all the ________s of my stereo system were working at the same time.






17. Encouraging; exhortive The crowd listened to his ________ statements with ever-growing excitement; finally they rushed from the hall to carry to his suggestions.






18. Hang around; linger The policeman told him not to ________in the alley.






19. Apt; suitably expressed; well chosen He was famous for his ________ remarks and was called upon to serve as master-of-ceremonies at many banquet.






20. Adherence to established rules or procedures Signing this petition is a mere ________; it does not obligate you in any way.






21. Perplexing; unsettled: questionable Given the many areas of conflict still awaiting resolution - the outcome of the peace talks remains ________.






22. Taking up again; recommencement During the summer break - Don had not realized how much he missed university life: at the ________ of classes - however - he felt marked excitement and pleasure.






23. Calmness of temperament In his later years - he could look upon the foolishness of the world with ________ and humor.






24. Slow-moving tree-dwelling mammal Note how well the somewhat greenish coat of the ________ enables it to blend in with its arboreal surroundings.






25. Make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred The screams of the quarreling children ________d on her nerves.






26. Generate pus When her finger began to ________ - the doctor lanced it and removed the splinter that had caused the pus to form.






27. Agreement; contract The signers of the Mayflower ________ were establishing a form of government.






28. Sticky - gluey Melted tar is a ________ substance.






29. Pertaining to passionate love The ________ passages in this novel should be removed as they are merely pornographic.






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






31. Appease The natives offered sacrifices to ________ the gods.






32. Right granted by authority The city issued a ________ to the company to operate surface transit lines on the streets for ninety-nine years.






33. Support militantly Martin Luther King - Jr. - won the Nobel Peace Prize because he ________ed the oppressed in their struggle for equality.






34. Ability to foretell the future Given the current wave of Japan-bashing - it does not take ________ for me to foresee problems in our future trade relations with Japan.






35. Greatness; extent It is difficult to comprehend the ________ of his crime.






36. File of documents on a subject Ordered by J. Edgar Hoover to investigate the senator - the FBI compiled a complete ________






37. 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.






38. Characteristic of an entire class or species Sue knew so many computer programmers who spent their spare time playing fantasy games that she began to think that playing Dungeon & Dragons was a ________ trait.






39. Lustful Because they might arouse ________ impulses in their readers - the lewd books were banned by the clergy.






40. Deeply established; firmly rooted Try as they would - the missionaries were unable to uproot the ________ superstitions of the natives.






41. Barrier laid down by artillery fire; overwhelming profusion The company was forced to retreat through the ________ of heavy canyons.






42. Drink in The dry soil ________d the rain quickly.






43. Trick; stratagem You will not be able to fool your friends with such an obvious ________.






44. Third He is so thorough that he analyzes ________ causes where other writers are content with primary and secondary reasons.






45. Abundance; completeness Looking in the pantry - we admired the ________ of fruits and pickles we had preserved during the summer.






46. Correspondence of parts; harmonious relationship The student demonstrated the ________ of the two triangles by using the hypotenuse-arm theorem.






47. Express disapproval of; protest against; belittle A firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post ________d the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.






48. Mournful The dove has a ________ and melancholy call






49. Move faster In our science class - we learn how falling bodies ________.






50. Range of knowledge I cannot answer your question since this matter is beyond my ________.