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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Clever reply He was famous for his witty ________ and his sarcasm.
shard
thermal
repartee
elated
2. Harshness; plainness The newspapers disapproved of the ________ of the sentence.
obdurate
severity
mercantile
repeal
3. False belief; hallucination This scheme is a snare and a ________.
luminary
renege
delusion
ingrained
4. Cheating; deceitful The government seeks to prevent ________ and misleading advertising.
belittle
rostrum
qualms
fraudulent
5. Coloring matter Van Gogh mixed various ________s with linseed oil to create his paints.
pigment
replica
megalomania
degraded
6. Speediness; prompt execution; message sent with all due speed Young Napoleon defeated the enemy with all possible dispatch; he then sent a ________ to headquarters - informing his commander of the great victory.
permeable
dispatch
finale
acquiesce
7. Study of fish Jacques Cousteau's rpograms about sea life have advanced the cause of ________.
perigee
concise
ichthyology
disjointed
8. Lean and angular; barren His once-round face looked surprisingly ________ after he had lost weight.
constituent
gaunt
arbitrary
casualty
9. Calm; impartial In a ________ analysis of the problem - he carefully examined the causes of the conflict and proceeded to suggest suitable remedies.
aggrandize
dispassionate
traduce
pathos
10. Startling twise; caprice By a ________ of fate - he found himself working for the man whom he had discharged years before.
quirk
maudlin
incense
necromancy
11. Appease Nothing he did could ________ her wrath; she was unforgiving.
collusion
heretic
mitigate
lexicon
12. Without an equal; single in kind You have the ________ distinction of being the first student whom I have had to fail in this course.
indulgent
unique
stilted
trigger
13. Half asleep The heavy meal and the overheated room made us all ________ and indifferent to the speaker.
somnolent
metaphor
expiate
passe
14. Scatter; drive away; cause to vanish The bright sunlight eventually ________led the morning mist.
surveillance
balk
dispel
exculpate
15. Denial I must accept his argument since you have been unable to present any ________ of his evidence.
caricature
confiscate
negation
assail
16. Difference; condition of inequality The ________ in their ages made no difference at all.
leniency
scruple
bauble
disparity
17. Something that relieves pain Friendship is the finest ________ for the pangs of disappointed love.
undulate
balm
placid
pusillanimous
18. Annoy; chafe Their taunts ________ed him.
mentor
rhetoric
churlish
gall
19. Humiliate; punish the flesh She was so ________(ied) by her blunder that she ran to her room in tears.
gloss
trite
mortify
sheathe
20. 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.
prescience
static
anticlimax
verbalize
21. Preventing infection; having a cleansing effect Hospitals succeeded in lowering the mortality rate as soon as they introduced ________ conditions.
contagion
scale
expertise
asceptic
22. Thrift; economy In these economically difficult days businesses must practice ________ or risk bankruptcy.
advent
frugality
erode
retinue
23. Rearing up on hind legs; unrestrained The ________ weeds in the garden killed all the flowers that had been planted in the spring.
pathos
rampant
onomatopoeia
intractable
24. Small ring; band - This tiny ________ is very costly because it is set with precious stones.
circlet
audit
spasmodic
swill
25. Ancient paper made from stem of papyrus plant The ancient Egyptians were among the first to write on ________.
disheveled
papyrus
rampant
disfigure
26. Mix; work dough Her hands grew strong from ________ing bread.
knead
geniality
concatenate
apprehend
27. Kill - usually one out of ten We do more to ________ our population in automobile accidents than we do in war.
decimate
asceticism
yield
torrent
28. Perceive intuitively; foresee the future Nothing infuriated Tom more than Aunt Polly's ability to ________ when he was not telling the truth.
syllogism
fluke
divine
anathema
29. Disapproval; condemnation The conservative father viewed his daughter's radical boyfriend with ________.
heterogeneous
sedate
burgeon
disapprobation
30. With a sideways or indirect look Looking ________ at her questioner - she displayed her scorn.
askance
comatose
epistemologist
decomposition
31. Fret about; hesitate - for ethical reasons Fearing that her husband had become involved in an affair - she did not ________ to read his diary.
vapid
mincing
drudgery
scruple
32. Speak evil of; defame Because of her hatred of the family - she ________s all who are friendly to them.
potential
malign
retinue
proclivity
33. Minor quarrel; bickering Children invariably get involved in petty ________s; wise parents know when to interfere and when to let the children work things out on their own.
hardy
squabble
annuity
simplistic
34. Roman army officer - Because he was in command of a company of one hundred soldiers - he was called a ________.
brocade
tirade
fervor
centurion
35. Increase How can we hope to ________ our forces when our allies are deserting us?
augment
nubile
auroral
dispirited
36. State confidently I wish to ________ that I am certain of success.
errant
dawdle
aver
voyeur
37. Generate pus When her finger began to ________ - the doctor lanced it and removed the splinter that had caused the pus to form.
rusticate
diminution
fester
scale
38. Speed of music I find the conductor's ________ too slow for such a brilliant piece of music.
incorrigible
tempo
physiological
attenuate
39. Scatter The police fired tear gas into crowd to ________ the protesters.
annotate
lout
disperse
wax
40. Absence of contradictions; dependability; uniformity; degree of thickness Holmes judged puddings and explanations on their ________; he liked his puddings without lumps and his explanations without improbabilities.
consistency
genre
scapegoat
insalubrious
41. Bloody The audience shuddered as they listened to the details of the ________ massacre.
gory
pertinent
waffle
malingerer
42. Infallibility Jane refused to believe in the pope's ________ - reasoning: "All human beings are capable of error. The pope is a human being. Therefore - he pope is capable of error.
revelry
inerrancy
brawn
alleviate
43. Implied comparison "He soared like an eagle" is an example of a simile; "He is an eagle in flight -" is a ________.
metaphor
aviary
swelter
contempt
44. Neat and trim In "The Odd Couple -" Tony Randall played Felix Unger - an excessively ________ soul who could not stand to have a hair out of place.
troth
sibling
levitate
dapper
45. Weightless I can evaluate the data gathered in this study; the ________ items are not so easily analyzed.
imponderable
pedagogue
imperturbable
spangle
46. Troublesome or annoying person He was a ________; always bothering people.
sham
pest
contravene
unkempt
47. Blessing The appearance of the sun after the many rainy days was like a ________.
putrid
perturb
inarticulate
benediction
48. Insane He had to be institutionalized because he was ________.
rebuttal
trite
deranged
primogeniture
49. Understatement for emphasis To say - "He little realizes -" when we mean that he does not realize at all - is an example of the kind of understatement we call ________.
spatial
parsimonious
litotes
gamut
50. Thriftless He was constantly being warned to mend his ________ ways and begin to "save for a rainy day."
ruffian
usury
promulgate
improvident
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